Workin' Man Blues — Merle Haggard
Chords and lyrics for Workin' Man Blues by Merle Haggard (key of G#).
Intro
[Am7] [G#/D#]
Verse 1
We always do two or three for the working man.
This is ready.
The working man song.
One called the working man blues.
It's a big job getting by with nine kids and a wife.
Yeah, but I've been a working man.
They ain't there all my life.
I don't keep on working.
Chorus
[C#/G#]Long as my two hands are fit to use.
[G#]
I drink a [D#]little beer that evening and sing [C#]a little bit of this work in [G#m]my blues.
Verse 2
[G#]
Well, I keep my nose on a grindstone, work hard every day.
I might get a little tired on a weekend after I go on a pay, but I go back working.
Chorus
[C#]Got Monday morning, I'm right back with a groove.
[G#]
I drink [D#]a little beer that evening and sing [C#]a little bit of this work in my blues.
Verse 3
[G#]
Sometimes I think about an evening, a little bumming around.
Throw my things out the window, get me trained to another town, but I go back working.
Chorus
[C#/G#]I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes.
[G#/D#]
I drink a [D#/A#]little beer that evening and sing [C#]a little bit of this work in my [G#m7]blues.
Interlude
[G#/D#]
Blue.
[Fm] [F] [D#m/F#] [B] [Cm] [C#] [G#] [D#/A#] [C#] [G#m]
Blue.
[G#] [D#sus4] [G#] [C#] [G#] [D#/A#] [C#] [G#]
Blue.
[C#] [G#] [D#] [C#] [G#] [A] [A#maj7] [G#m] [C#] [Dmaj7] [G#] [D#/A#] [C#] [B/F#] [G#]
Verse 4
Well, hey, hey, working man, working man like me.
[C#]He never [G#]been all well there, one place he won't be.
He'd be working [C#]long as it's too hand -up at [G#]use.
He might drink a little [D#/A#]beer that evening and sing [C#]a little bit of his working man blue.
Outro
[G#] [D#] [G#] [A#m] [G#] [D#] [G#m]
Thank you [Dm]very much.
[Amaj7] [E]