Chords for Merle Haggard "Workin' Man Blues"
Tempo:
104.1 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Am
E
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well since that's up there, why don't we just play the bang national anthem?
What do you think?
That's the one.
All [Em] right
It's [Eb] [C] [A]
[Am]
[A] a big job getting by with nine kids and a wife
Yeah, I've been a working man.
Dang.
They're all my life.
I'll [D] keep on working
Longest my two hands are [Am] fit to you
[A] [E] Drink a little beer and a [Am] tavern and then file a little bit of them working man
Really?
[A] Well, I keep my nose on a grindstone work hard every day
Get tired on the weekend after I draw my [G] paper.
I [D] go back working
Monday morning, I'm right back [A] with
Drink
[Em] [A] [E] a little beer at a tavern [D] and then file it'll do the [C] work in
[A] Well
Sometimes I think about me and a little bumming around
Well my bills at the window get your train to another [Am] town [D] go back working
Got to buy my kids a [C] brand [A] new pair of shoes
[Am] Drink [G] [E] a little beer at a tavern [D] and then file a little bit of them [G] working [A] man
All right work on it Marty
[D]
[Am] [A]
[E]
[D] [A]
Working man working man [D] like [Am] me
[A] Ever been on welfare and that one place him I'll not be him will [D] be working
Longest his two hands are fit [A] to you
[E] Drink a little beer at a [B] tavern and [D] then file a little bit of these [A] working man
This song goes out especially for all
hard-working fellows [F] here
[A]
What do you think?
That's the one.
All [Em] right
It's [Eb] [C] [A]
[Am]
[A] a big job getting by with nine kids and a wife
Yeah, I've been a working man.
Dang.
They're all my life.
I'll [D] keep on working
Longest my two hands are [Am] fit to you
[A] [E] Drink a little beer and a [Am] tavern and then file a little bit of them working man
Really?
[A] Well, I keep my nose on a grindstone work hard every day
Get tired on the weekend after I draw my [G] paper.
I [D] go back working
Monday morning, I'm right back [A] with
Drink
[Em] [A] [E] a little beer at a tavern [D] and then file it'll do the [C] work in
[A] Well
Sometimes I think about me and a little bumming around
Well my bills at the window get your train to another [Am] town [D] go back working
Got to buy my kids a [C] brand [A] new pair of shoes
[Am] Drink [G] [E] a little beer at a tavern [D] and then file a little bit of them [G] working [A] man
All right work on it Marty
[D]
[Am] [A]
[E]
[D] [A]
Working man working man [D] like [Am] me
[A] Ever been on welfare and that one place him I'll not be him will [D] be working
Longest his two hands are fit [A] to you
[E] Drink a little beer at a [B] tavern and [D] then file a little bit of these [A] working man
This song goes out especially for all
hard-working fellows [F] here
[A]
Key:
A
D
Am
E
C
A
D
Am
_ _ Well since that's up there, why don't we just play the bang national anthem?
What do you think?
That's the one.
All [Em] right
It's [Eb] _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[A] a big job getting by with nine kids and a wife
_ _ _ Yeah, I've been a working man.
Dang.
They're all my life.
I'll [D] keep on working _
_ Longest my two hands are [Am] fit to you _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] Drink a little beer and a [Am] tavern and then file a little bit of them working man
Really?
_ _ _ _ [A] Well, I keep my nose on a grindstone work hard every day
Get tired on the weekend after I draw my [G] paper.
I [D] go back working _
_ Monday morning, I'm right back [A] with
Drink _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] a little beer at a tavern [D] and then file it'll do the [C] work in
[A] _ _ Well
_ _ _ _ Sometimes I think about me and a little bumming around
Well my bills at the window get your train to another [Am] town [D] go back working
Got to buy my kids a [C] brand [A] new pair of shoes _
[Am] Drink _ _ [G] _ [E] a little beer at a tavern [D] and then file a little bit of them [G] working [A] man _
All right work on it Marty _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Working man working man [D] like [Am] me
[A] Ever been on welfare and that one place him I'll not be him will [D] be working _
Longest his two hands are fit [A] to you _
_ _ _ _ [E] Drink a little beer at a [B] tavern and [D] then file a little bit of these [A] working man _
This song goes out especially for all
hard-working fellows [F] here
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What do you think?
That's the one.
All [Em] right
It's [Eb] _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[A] a big job getting by with nine kids and a wife
_ _ _ Yeah, I've been a working man.
Dang.
They're all my life.
I'll [D] keep on working _
_ Longest my two hands are [Am] fit to you _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] Drink a little beer and a [Am] tavern and then file a little bit of them working man
Really?
_ _ _ _ [A] Well, I keep my nose on a grindstone work hard every day
Get tired on the weekend after I draw my [G] paper.
I [D] go back working _
_ Monday morning, I'm right back [A] with
Drink _
[Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] a little beer at a tavern [D] and then file it'll do the [C] work in
[A] _ _ Well
_ _ _ _ Sometimes I think about me and a little bumming around
Well my bills at the window get your train to another [Am] town [D] go back working
Got to buy my kids a [C] brand [A] new pair of shoes _
[Am] Drink _ _ [G] _ [E] a little beer at a tavern [D] and then file a little bit of them [G] working [A] man _
All right work on it Marty _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Working man working man [D] like [Am] me
[A] Ever been on welfare and that one place him I'll not be him will [D] be working _
Longest his two hands are fit [A] to you _
_ _ _ _ [E] Drink a little beer at a [B] tavern and [D] then file a little bit of these [A] working man _
This song goes out especially for all
hard-working fellows [F] here
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _