Bob Dylan - Workingman Blues Chords

[Verse 1]
G                         D
There's an evening' haze settlin' over the town
Em                          G
Starlight by the edge of the creek
C                G
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Am                           D
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
G                        D
The place I love best is a sweet memory
Em                       G
It's a new path that we trod
C                    G
They say low wages are a reality
Am                      D
If we want to compete abroad
 
[Verse 2]
G                             D
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
Em                G
Come sit down on my knee
C                            G
You are dearer to me than myself
Am             D
As you yourself can see
G                          D
I'm listening' to the steel rails hum
Em                     G
Got both eyes tight shut
C                                 G
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Am                       D
Creeping it's way into my gut
 
[Chorus]
C                            G
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Am                    G
Bring me my boots and shoes
C                                G
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Am                          D            G
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
 
[Verse 3]
G                              D
Now, I'm sailing' on back, ready for the long haul
Em                           G
Tossed by the winds and the seas
C                              G
I'll drag them all down to hell and I'll stand them at the wall
Am                       D
I'll sell them to their enemies
G                        D
I'm trying' to feed my soul with thought
Em                      G
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
 C                      G
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Am                          D
Sometimes you can't give it away
 
[Verse 4]
G                                D
Now the place is ringed with countless foes
 Em                       G
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
C                   G
No man, no woman knows
Am                       D
The hour that sorrow will come
G                            D
In the dark I hear the night birds call
Em                    G
I can hear a lover's breath
C                              G
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Am                         D
Sleep is like a temporary death
 
 
[Chorus]
C                        G
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Am                    C
Bring me my boots and shoes
C                                  G
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Am                            D             G
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
 
[Verse 5]
G                          D
Well, they burned my barn, they stole my horse
Em              G
I can't save a dime
C                              G
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
Am                       D
Into a life of continual crime
G                             D
I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
Em                 G
How I wish you were here to see
C                         G
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
Am                    D
That you have forgotten me?
 
[Verse 6]
G                                D
Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret
Em                     G
They waste your nights and days
C             G
Them I will forget
Am.                 D
But you I'll remember always
G                            D
Old memories of you to me have clung
Em                   G
You've wounded me with words
C                           G
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
Am                   D
It's all true, everything you have heard
 
[Chorus]
C                        G
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Em                    G
Bring me my boots and shoes
C                                G
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Am                        D                G
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
 
[Verse 7]
G                       D
In you, my friend, I find no blame
Em                       G
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
C              G
No one can ever claim
Am                 D
That I took up arms against you
G                          D
All across the peaceful sacred fields
Em              G
They will lay you low
C                               G
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
Am               D
I say it so it must be so
 
[Verse 8]
G                             D
Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue
Em                       G
Gonna give you another chance
C                     G
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
Am                   D
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
G                     D
Got a brand new suit and a brand new wife
Em                  G
I can live on rice and beans
C                      G
Some people never worked a day in their life
Am                     D
Don't know what work even means
 
[Chorus]
C                        G
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Am                    C
Bring me my boots and shoes
C                         G
You can hang back or fight your best on the front line
Am                           D            G
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues