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Working Man Blues by Merle Haggard - Guitar Chords

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            [Intro]
A7 (8 bars)

[Verse 1]
A
It's a big job gettin' by with 9 kids and a wife
Yeah but I been a workin' man dang near all my life
     D7
I'll keep on workin’
A
Long as my two hands are fit to use
  E7
I drink my beer at a tavern
    D7     A
And sing a little bit of these workin’ man blues
A
Well I keep my nose on the grindstone, work hard every day
Gettin’ tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
      D7
But I go back workin’,
    A
Come Monday mornin’ I'm right back with the crew
  E7 
I drink a little beer that evenin’,
D7     A
sing a little bit of these workin’ man blues

[Verse 2]
A
Sometimes I think about leavin’, do a little bummin’ around

Throw my bills out the window catch me a train to another town
      D7
But I go back workin’
 A
I got to buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
  E7
I drink my beer at a tavern
    D7    A
And cry a little bit of these workin’ man blues

(Instrumental solo for one verse)
A
Well hey hey, the workin’ man, the workin’ man like me
Never been on welfare, and that's one place he would not be
D7
He’d be workin’
 A
Just as long as his two hands are fit to use
      E7
Might drink a little beer at a tavern
D7    A
Sing a little bit of them workin’ man blues

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