Chords for Bob Dylan -Working Mans Blues

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_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] There's an evening [E] hay, settling over [F#m] town, starlight by the [A] edge of the creek.
[D] The buying power [A] of the proletariat's gone [Bm] down, money's getting [E] shallow and weak.
[A] Well the place I love [E] best is a sweet memory, [F#m] it's a new path [A] that we trod.
[D] They say low wages [A] are reality, [Bm] if we want to compete [E] abroad.
_ [A] My cruel [E] weapons have been put on the [F#m] shelf, cops are down on [A] our knees.
[D] You are dearer to me [A] than myself, [Bm] as you yourself [A] can see.
[E] [A] While I'm listening to the [E] steel rails honk, [F#m] got both eyes [A] tight shut.
[D] Just sitting here trying [A] to keep the hunger from [Bm] creeping its way [E] into my gut.
[D] Meet me at the bottom, [A] don't lag behind, [D] bring me my boots [A] and shoes.
[D] You can hang back or fight your [A] best on the front line, [Bm] sing a little bit of these working black [A] blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ While I'm sailing on back [E] ready for the long haul, [F#m] tossed by the winds [A] and the seas.
I'll [D] drag them all down to hell [A] and I'll stand amid the war, [Bm] I'll sell them to our enemies.
[E] _ [A] I'm a-trying to feed [E] my soul with thought, [F#m] gonna sleep off the rest of [A] these days.
[E] [D] Sometimes no one [A] wants what you've got, [Bm] sometimes you can't get it [E] away.
[A] Now the places ring [E] with countless fools, [F#m] some of them they get [A] never done.
[D] No man and no [A] woman knows, [Bm] they are where that sorrow [E] comes.
[A] In the dark I hear [E] the night [F#m] birds call, I can feel a [A] lover's breath.
[D] I sleep in the kitchen [A] with my feet in the hall, [Bm] sleep is like a temporary [E] death.
[D] Meet me at the bottom, [A] don't lag behind, [D] bring me my boots and [A] shoes.
[D] You can hang back or fight your [A] best on the front line, [Bm] sing a little bit of these working black [A] blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ Well they burned my barn [E] and they stole my horse, [F#m] I can't save [A] or die.
[D] I've got to be careful, [A] I don't want to be lost [Bm] into a life of a guilty [E] crime.
[A] I can see for myself [E] that the sun is sinking, [F#m] how I wish you were here [A] to see.
[D] Tell me now, [A] am I wrong in thinking [Bm] that you have forgotten [E] me?
[A] Now they worry and they hurry [E] and they fuss and they fret, [F#m] they waste your nights [A] and [E] days.
[D] Them [A] I won't forget, but [Bm] you I'll remember [E] always.
[A] Older memories of [E] you to me have come, [F#m] you've forgiven me with [A] your words.
[D] Lord I have to straighten out [A] your tongue, it's [Bm] all true, everything [E] you've heard.
[D] Meet me at the bottom, [A] don't lag behind, [D] bring me my boots [A] and shoes.
[D] You can hang back or fight your [A] best on the front line, [Bm] sing a little bit of these working [A] black blues. _ _
_ _ _ _ And you my friend, [E] I find no blame, [F#m] wanna look in my [A] eyes please [E] do.
[D] No [A] one can ever claim [Bm] that I took a bath [E] against you.
[A] All across the [E] peaceful sacred [F#m] fields, they will [A] lay you low.
[D] They'll break your horns [A] and slash you with steel, [Bm] I say it so it must [A] be so.
Now I'm down on my luck [E] in a black and blue, [F#m] gonna give you another [A] chance.
[D] I'm all alone, [A] I'm expecting you [Bm] to lead me off in a children's dance.
I [A] got a brand new [E] suit and a brand new [F#m] wife, I can live on a [A] nice and new beat.
[D] Some people never [A] work a day in their life, [Bm] don't know what work is to [E] me.
[D] Well meet me at the bottom, [A] don't lag behind, [D] bring me my boots [A] and shoes.
[D] You can hang back or fight your [A] best on the front line, [Bm] sing a little bit of [E] these working black [A] blues. _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
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