Honest Work Chords by Maddy Prior

_ I'm not afraid to bend my back
_ [Abm] I'm not afraid of _ [Eb] dirt
But how [Abm] I fear the things [Dbm] I do _
for lack _ [Ab] of honest _ work
_ _ Family is lost to me they _ _
Couldn't bear the hurt
To see the shade their [Eb] boy is
in for lack of honest _ [Abm] work _ _ _ _
I
Hold no blame for _ _ anyone
_ Was I [Gb] who did [Ab] _ _ arrange?
[Dbm] To pay [Ebm] my union dues so _ I'd not have to learn or change
_ But when I was replaced was I
Who started down [Abm] the _ hill?
[Db] and
Drank [Dbm] away my _ [E] savings, too.
_ [Gb] I
[Dbm] Couldn't [Eb] stop _
[Ab] myself
_ _ The _ _ prophets of a brave [Abm] new world
_ _ Captains of _ industry
_ _ [N] Have visions grand and great designs
_ But none have [Abm] room for me
_ They see a world where [B] everyone _ is rich and [E] smart and _ young
[Db] But if I live to see [E] such things
Too [Db] late for [Abm] _
me
They come _ _ and I know I'm not the [Ab] only
one to fall beneath the _ wheel
Such company _ cannot _ _ [G] assuage [Dbm] the
_ Loneliness I [G] feel
_ So many are
resigned to be
_ [Dbm] _ _ Society's _ _ daybreed _
But I will be remembered [E] for
the life [Ab] life
took from me
[Abm] _ _ _
For I'm not afraid to bend [Ab] my
_ _ Not [E] _
afraid of [Eb] dirt
_ But [Abm] how I fear the things I do
_ _ [Dbm] for lack _ [Abm]
of Honest work
_ But how I fear the things [Dbm] I [Abm] do
_ [C] _ For [Db] lack _ _ of honest work
_ [G] _ _