Chords for Warren Haynes "Company Man” At Guitar Center

Playing music can _ be anywhere from a _ really small sense of enjoyment [E] to an almost out-of-body experience.
Every situation is different.
If you're lucky enough to be surrounded, as I am, by a lot of wonderful musicians
and have the opportunity to play a lot of different music and a lot of different types of music with a lot of great musicians, _
the chances of being able [N] to get close to that out-of-body experience are greater.
And it's almost like that's what you're striving for.
You know, it's only going to happen a few times in your life, and it's happened to me.
_ [Gm] But getting anywhere close is a pretty marvelous feeling as well.
[Dm] Music is just one of those things that we should all [F] be glad is in our life
[Gm] because almost [Am] everyone can relate to how much worse life would be without it.
[C] _ [G] Started working here when I [Dm] was 21
[C] Summer [G] of 56, my [Dm] life had just begun
_ [C] Back [G] then, this place [D] was some [Dm] place to be
[F] Thought [Gm] I could grow [Am] with the company
_ Never _ _
[C] _ _ [G] took a down, [Dm] never raised a fuss
[C] Right [G] is right, even [D] for [Dm] those of us
[C] We make a [G] dollar [Dm] while the man makes ten
[F] They say hard work [E] pays off in the [F] end
Everything I got, I [C] got with my own hands
[D] Never [F] wanted to [G] be a company [Am] man
So [F] _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] I [G] kept my eyes [Dm] open, my mouth shut
[C] Saw my [G] workload [Dm] increase, my pay cut
_ [C] But [G] I bought a house, [Dm] started a family
_ [F] _ [G] Still had [Am] faith in the company
_ Hard _ _ [C] _ _ [G]
times hit, [Dm] 67 late
[C] Devil [G] must have opened up [Dm] the floodgates
[C] My [G] wife, she left me [Dm] for some other guy
[F] And in my heart, [E] I guess I always knew [F] why
She was never [C] gonna understand
_ [Dm] Never [F] wanted to be [G] no company [Am] man _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] [G] 79 brought a dose [Dm] of reality
_ _ [C] We'd all [G] heard the rumors [Dm] about the company
_ [C] One [G] day they shut us [Dm] down throughout the [F] South
Keeping [G] my job, [Am] been moving out
So _ _
[B] _ [C] I [G] got hired on at the [Dm] local factory _
_ [C] Couldn't [G] see a fruit in [Dm] my whole family
[C] Never [G] thought I'd be [Dm] starting over at this [F] stage
Taking shit from some [E] punk, half my [F] age
No retirement, [C] no hospital plan
[Dm] Never [F] wanted to be [G] no company [Am] man
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Long since [Gm] retired [D] now from the [Dm] factory
_ [C] _
Hardly ever [G] think about [Dm] the company
_ [C]
Kinda [G] _ lonesome, now [Dm] the kids are grown
[Em] _
[F] Moved away, [G] _ [E] families of their own
_ _ [F] Got me a little [C] house and a piece of land
_ [Dm] Never [F] wanted to be [G] no _ [Am] company man
_ [F] _ Sometimes in this [C] world, you gotta make a stand
_ [Dm] _ [F] Never wanted to be [G] no company [Am] man _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
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