Working Man Blues Chords by Merle Haggard

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_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ It's a big job just 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
_ Long as my two hands are fit [Ab] to use _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I'll drink my beer in a tavern, [Db] sing a little 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 little bit of these [Abm] working man blues _ _ _ _ _
_ Sometime I think about leaving, do a little [Ab] 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 drank a little beer in a [Db] tavern, cry a [Abm] little bit of these working man blues
_ Here comes that working man _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Well hey, hey the working man, working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, and that's one place I won't be if I'll [Db] be working
_ Long as my [G] two hands are fit to [Ab] use _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I'll drink my beer in a tavern, [Db] sing a little bit of [Abm] these working man [Ab] blues
_ This song's for the working man _
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