Merle Haggard - Working Man Blues Chords

Intro:  A7 (8 bars)


        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


        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



        Here comes the workin’ man


        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

        

        This song is for the workin’ man