Working Man Blues Chords by Merle Haggard

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_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a big job getting by with nine kids and a wife, _ but I've been a working man dang near
all my life and I'll keep [Db] on working as long as my two hands are fit [Ab] to use.
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_ [Eb] I'll drink my beer in a tavern, [Db] sing a little [Abm] bit of these working [Ab] man blues. _ _ _ _
_ I'll keep my nose on the grindstone, work hard every day.
I might get a little tired on the
weekend.
After I draw my pay, I'll [Db] go back working.
_ _ Come Monday morning, I'm right back
[Ab] with the crew. _ _ _ _
_ I [Eb] drank a little beer that evening, [Db] sang a [Abm] little bit of these working [Ab] man blues. _ _ _ _
_ _ Sometime I think about leaving, do a little bumming around.
I want to throw my bills out the window, catch a train to another town.
I'll [Db] go back working.
_ Gotta buy my kids a brand new [Ab] pair of shoes. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] I'll drink a little beer in a [Db] tavern, cry a [Abm] little bit of these working [Ab] man blues.
Here comes that working man. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Well hey, hey, the working man, working man [Db] like [Ab] me, I ain't never been on welfare and that's one place I won't be.
I'll [Db] be working _ as long as my two hands are fit [Ab] to use. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] I'll drink my beer in a [Db] tavern, sing a little bit of [Abm] these [G] working [Ab] man blues.
This song's for the working man.
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