Chords for The Welding Man

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_ _ _ _ [E] He [Am] wakes up [C] about five in the [D] morning, he makes his lunch and [F] then he gets going [Am] for
a long day on [C] the pipeline in the burning [Em] _
sun.
_ _ _ _ He [Am] shows up _ [C] and then he rolls [D] out, he's got twelve to go and [F] some pipe to weld [Am] out, so
he cranks up the [C] Lincoln and waits for it to [Em] idle down.
_ _ _ _ _ He'd [Am] rather drink, he'd [C] rather hunt, he'd [D] rather go fishing or work on [Am] his truck, _ but
it pays for all of that [C] so I tell you he will [Em] show _ up. _ _ _ _ _
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This is the story [C] of the welding man, [A] burning down the pipeline [Am] and tying it in, burning
rod after rod [C] and let me tell you boy it never [Em] _
ends.
_ _ _ _ [Am] Well the money is good, [C] don't get it misunderstood, [A] but there's things he'd rather do [F] than drop
his [Am] hood, so he burns them rods [C] and let me tell you he's a [Em] hell of a hand.
This is the story of the welding [Am]
man.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] It's a hard life to live away [C] from family and friends, [D] driving job to job just [F] to make
his ends [Am] and the next job he's on, [C] he don't know [Em] where it is.
_ _ _ _ His [Am] lady's always on the phone [C] telling him to come [A] home because he's always gone and
she [F] don't want to be alone, but [Am] that welding man, he's [C] got to keep on [Em] keeping on.
_ _ _ _ And then he [Am] rolls on.
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_ _ _ _ This is the story of the welding man, [A] burning down the pipeline and [F] tying it [Am] in, burning
rod after rod and [C] let me tell you boy it [Em] never ends. _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] [Am] Well the money is good, don't [C] get it misunderstood, [A] but there's things he'd rather do than [F] drop
his hood, [Am] so he burns them rods and [C] let me tell you he's a hell of [Em] a hand.
This is the story of the welding [Am] man.
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The story of the welding man. _ _
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