Chords for I'm Workin'
Tempo:
94.45 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Eb
Ab
Db
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I was born in South Texas, didn't [Eb] have a dollar to our name.
[Fm] My papa left my mama there, [Ab] to pick cotton and cut [Fm] down sugar cane.
[Eb] She had to work like a slave all day.
[Fm] So I might have better, [Eb] spend my time in the [Fm] sunshine, Ray I'm working.
[Bb] Baby I'm working, [Fm] daddy I'm working, yes [Cm] mama I'm working,
[Eb]
[Fm] brother I'm working for you, mama [Ab] know it's [Eb] worth it.
I [Db] just want better, and [Ab] I'm about to break on through.
[Fm] Baby I'm working, [Eb]
[Db] [Eb]
might [Fm] not mean a thing to you.
These [Eb] places that I like to go, the [Db] things that I'm looking for,
[Eb] just ain't around no more.
My [Fm] uncle was a gambling man, way [Ab] down in New Orleans.
[Db] They let me run them streets, [Ab] baby now I do my thing.
[Fm] Honey I'm working, yeah [Eb] baby I'm working, sugar [Db] I'm working,
[Ab] sister I'm working,
[Eb] [Fm] brother I'm working for you, mama [Cm] know it's worth it.
I [Db] just want better, tell me [Ab] what else pain I do.
[Fm] Baby I'm working, sugar [Ab] I'm working, darling [Db] I'm working.
[Cm] [Fm] Baby I'm working, [Eb]
yeah [Fm] darling I'm [Eb] working.
[Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Ab]
[A]
[Fm] My papa left my mama there, [Ab] to pick cotton and cut [Fm] down sugar cane.
[Eb] She had to work like a slave all day.
[Fm] So I might have better, [Eb] spend my time in the [Fm] sunshine, Ray I'm working.
[Bb] Baby I'm working, [Fm] daddy I'm working, yes [Cm] mama I'm working,
[Eb]
[Fm] brother I'm working for you, mama [Ab] know it's [Eb] worth it.
I [Db] just want better, and [Ab] I'm about to break on through.
[Fm] Baby I'm working, [Eb]
[Db] [Eb]
might [Fm] not mean a thing to you.
These [Eb] places that I like to go, the [Db] things that I'm looking for,
[Eb] just ain't around no more.
My [Fm] uncle was a gambling man, way [Ab] down in New Orleans.
[Db] They let me run them streets, [Ab] baby now I do my thing.
[Fm] Honey I'm working, yeah [Eb] baby I'm working, sugar [Db] I'm working,
[Ab] sister I'm working,
[Eb] [Fm] brother I'm working for you, mama [Cm] know it's worth it.
I [Db] just want better, tell me [Ab] what else pain I do.
[Fm] Baby I'm working, sugar [Ab] I'm working, darling [Db] I'm working.
[Cm] [Fm] Baby I'm working, [Eb]
yeah [Fm] darling I'm [Eb] working.
[Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Ab]
[A]
Key:
Fm
Eb
Ab
Db
Cm
Fm
Eb
Ab
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I was born in South Texas, didn't [Eb] have a dollar to our name.
[Fm] My papa left my mama there, [Ab] to pick cotton and cut [Fm] down sugar cane.
_ _ [Eb] She had to work like a slave all day.
[Fm] So I might have better, [Eb] spend my time in the [Fm] sunshine, Ray I'm working.
_ [Bb] Baby I'm working, _ [Fm] daddy I'm working, yes [Cm] mama I'm working,
[Eb] _
[Fm] brother I'm working for you, mama [Ab] know it's [Eb] worth it.
I [Db] just want better, and [Ab] I'm about to break on through.
[Fm] Baby I'm working, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
might [Fm] not mean a thing to you.
These [Eb] places that I like to go, the [Db] things that I'm looking for,
[Eb] just ain't around no more.
My [Fm] uncle was a gambling man, way [Ab] down in New Orleans.
[Db] They let me run them streets, [Ab] baby now I do my thing.
[Fm] Honey I'm working, yeah [Eb] baby I'm working, sugar [Db] I'm working,
_ [Ab] sister I'm working, _
[Eb] [Fm] brother I'm working for you, mama [Cm] know it's worth it.
I [Db] just want better, tell me [Ab] what else pain I do.
[Fm] Baby I'm working, sugar [Ab] I'm working, darling [Db] I'm working.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] Baby I'm working, _ _ [Eb] _ _
yeah [Fm] darling I'm [Eb] working. _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was born in South Texas, didn't [Eb] have a dollar to our name.
[Fm] My papa left my mama there, [Ab] to pick cotton and cut [Fm] down sugar cane.
_ _ [Eb] She had to work like a slave all day.
[Fm] So I might have better, [Eb] spend my time in the [Fm] sunshine, Ray I'm working.
_ [Bb] Baby I'm working, _ [Fm] daddy I'm working, yes [Cm] mama I'm working,
[Eb] _
[Fm] brother I'm working for you, mama [Ab] know it's [Eb] worth it.
I [Db] just want better, and [Ab] I'm about to break on through.
[Fm] Baby I'm working, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
might [Fm] not mean a thing to you.
These [Eb] places that I like to go, the [Db] things that I'm looking for,
[Eb] just ain't around no more.
My [Fm] uncle was a gambling man, way [Ab] down in New Orleans.
[Db] They let me run them streets, [Ab] baby now I do my thing.
[Fm] Honey I'm working, yeah [Eb] baby I'm working, sugar [Db] I'm working,
_ [Ab] sister I'm working, _
[Eb] [Fm] brother I'm working for you, mama [Cm] know it's worth it.
I [Db] just want better, tell me [Ab] what else pain I do.
[Fm] Baby I'm working, sugar [Ab] I'm working, darling [Db] I'm working.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] Baby I'm working, _ _ [Eb] _ _
yeah [Fm] darling I'm [Eb] working. _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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