Chords for Nashville Jam "Workin' Man Blues"

Tempo:
108.25 bpm
Chords used:

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G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Nashville Jam "Workin' Man Blues" chords
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[Am] [D]
[A] [Am]
[A] It's a big job getting by with nine kids and a wife.
You know I've been a working man, dang near all my life.
[D] Keep on working.
[G] [D] Lost my two hands a [Am] bit to [D] you.
[Am] [E]
I drink my beer at the tavern, [D] sing a little bit of these [A] working men blues.
[D] [Am]
Well I [A] keep my nose to the grindstone, work hard every day.
I get tired on the weekends when I throw my pay, but I [D] go back working.
Monday [Am] morning I'm right back with the [A] crew.
Well [E] I drink a little beer at the tavern, [D] sing a little bit of these working [A] men blues.
Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bumming [Am] around.
[A] Roll my bills out the window, catch a train to another [D] town, I go back working.
Lost my two hands a [A] bit to you.
[Am] [D] [A]
[E] Well I drink a little beer at the tavern, [D] cry a little bit of these working [A] men blues.
Well hey, hey, working man, working man [G] like me, [A] I ain't never been on welfare.
That's one place I won't be, [D] I'm gonna go back working.
Lost my two hands a [A] bit to you.
[A] [G]
[E] I might drink a little beer at the tavern, [D] cry a little bit of these working [A] men blues.
Oh [D] yeah!
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[F#m] [D] [Em]
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[Am] [E] [D]
[Am] [D] [Am] I
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said hey, hey, [Em] working man, [A] working man [G] like me, [G#] [A] never been on welfare.
That's one place I won't be, I'm gonna go [D] back working.
Monday morning I'm right [A] back with the crew.
[D]
[A] [E] I just drank a little beer in the evening, [D] cry a little bit of these working [A] men blues.
Oh yeah!
[G] [E] I drink a little beer at the tavern, [D] sing a little bit of these [Am] working men blues.
[D]
[A]
[Em] [A]
[N]
Thanks everybody, thanks for coming.
We'll
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D
1321
A
1231
Am
2311
E
2311
G
2131
D
1321
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1231
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2311
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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] It's a big job getting by with nine kids and a wife.
You know I've been a working man, dang near all my life.
[D] Keep on working.
_ [G] _ [D] Lost my two hands a [Am] bit to [D] you.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E]
I drink my beer at the tavern, [D] sing a little bit of these [A] working men blues.
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _
Well I [A] keep my nose to the grindstone, work hard every day.
I get tired on the weekends when I throw my pay, but I [D] go back working.
_ _ Monday [Am] morning I'm right back with the [A] crew.
_ _ _ _ Well [E] I drink a little beer at the tavern, [D] sing a little bit of these working [A] men blues. _ _ _ _ _ _
Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bumming [Am] around.
[A] Roll my bills out the window, catch a train to another [D] town, I go back working.
_ _ Lost my two hands a [A] bit to you.
_ [Am] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[E] Well I drink a little beer at the tavern, [D] cry a little bit of these working [A] men blues. _ _ _ _
Well hey, hey, working man, working man [G] like me, [A] I ain't never been on welfare.
That's one place I won't be, [D] I'm gonna go back working.
_ Lost my two hands a [A] bit to you.
[A] _ _ _ _ [G]
[E] I might drink a little beer at the tavern, [D] cry a little bit of these working [A] men blues.
_ Oh [D] yeah!
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_ _ _ said hey, hey, [Em] working man, [A] working man [G] like me, [G#] _ [A] never been on welfare.
That's one place I won't be, I'm gonna go [D] back working. _ _
Monday morning I'm right [A] back with the crew.
[D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] I just drank a little beer in the evening, [D] cry a little bit of these working [A] men blues. _ _
_ Oh yeah!
[G] [E] I drink a little beer at the tavern, [D] sing a little bit of these [Am] working men blues.
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_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ Thanks everybody, thanks for coming.
We'll

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