Chords for Workingman's Blues #2

_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
[A] There's an evening [E] haze settling over [F#m] town, starlight by the [A] edge of the creek.
[D] The buying power [A] of the pro-lamb tarot's gone [Bm] down, money's getting [E] shallow and weak.
[A] Well, the place I love [E] best is a sweet memory, [F#m] it's a new path [A] that we trod.
[D] They say low wages [A] are reality, [Bm] if we want to compete [E] abroad.
[A] My cruel [E] weapons have been put on the shelf, [F#m] come sit down on [A] my knee.
[D] You are dearer to [A] me than myself, [Bm] as you yourself can see.
While [A] I'm listening to the [E] steel rails hum, [F#m] got both eyes [A] tight shut.
[D] You're sitting here trying [A] to keep the hunger from [Bm] creeping this morning into my gut.
[D] Meet me at the bottom, [A] don't lag behind, [D] bring me my boots [A] and shoes.
[D] You can hang back or fight your [A] best on the front line, [Bm] sing a little bit [B] of these walking black [A] blues.
While _ _ _ _ _ I'm sailing on back [E] ready for the long haul, [F#m] tossed by the winds [A] and the seas.
I'll [D] drag them all down to hell [A] and I'll stand amid the war, [Bm] I'll sell them to the [E] enemies.
[A] I'm a tribe to feed [E] my soul with thought, [F#m] gonna sleep off the rest of the day.
[D] Sometimes no [A] one wants what you got, [Bm] sometimes you can't get [E] it away.
[A] Now the place is rigged [E] with countless [F#m] foes, some of them they've been [A] never done.
[D] No man, [A] no woman knows, [Bm] they are what that song [E] will come.
[A] In the dark I hear [E] the night birds call, [F#m] I can feel the lovers [A] breath.
[D] I sleep in the kitchen [A] with my feet in the hall, [Bm] sleep is like a [E] temporary death.
[D] Meet me at the bottom, [A] don't lag behind, [D] bring me my boots and [A] shoes.
[D] You can hang back or fight your [A] best on the front line, [Bm] sing a little bit of these walking black [A] blues. _ _ _ _ _ _
They burned my [E] barn and they stole my [F#m] horse, I can't [A] save or die.
[D] I got to be careful, [A] I don't want to be lost [Bm] into a life of [E] continual crime.
[A] I can see for myself [F#] that the sun is sinking, [F#m] how I wish you were here [A] to see.
[D] Tell me now, [A] am I wrong in thinking [Bm] that you have forgotten [E] me?
[A] Now they worry and they hurry [E] and they fuss and they fret, [F#m] they waste your nights and days.
[D] Them [A] I won't forget, [Bm] but you I'll remember [E] always.
[A] Older memories of [E] you to me have [F#m] clung, you've haunted me with [A] your words.
[D] Gonna have to straighten out [A] your tongue, [Bm] it's all true, everything [E] you've heard.
[D] Meet me at the [A] bottom, don't lag behind, [D] bring me my [A] boots and shoes.
[D] You can hang back or fight [A] your best on the front [Bm] line, sing a little bit of these walking black [A] blues. _ _ _ _ _ _
And you my friend, [E] I find no [F#m] blame, on the look in my [A] eyes please do.
[D] No [A] one can ever claim [Bm] that I took up arms [E] against you.
[A] All across the [E] peaceful and sacred [F#m] fields, they will [A] lay you low.
[D] They'll break your [A] horns and slash you with [Bm] steel, I say it so, it [E] must be so.
[A] Now I'm down on my luck [E] in a black and blue, [F#m] gonna give you another [A] chance.
[D] I'm all alone, [A] I'm expecting you [Bm] to lead me off in a [B] cheerful dance.
[A] I got a brand new [E] suit and a brand new [F#m] wife, I can live on [A] rice and beans.
[D] Some people [A] never work a day of their life, [Bm] don't know what work [E] even means.
[D] Well, meet me at the [A] bottom, don't lag behind, [D] bring me my [A] boots and shoes.
[D] You can hang back or fight [A] your best on the front [Bm] line, sing a little bit [B] of these walking [A] black blues. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
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