backbone job Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][F][D][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]I'm not looking for an occupation,
[C]I just wanna go h[G]ome
They're holding me a ticket
at the Greyhound station
[C]I'm still paying [G]on
[C]I never learned to [G]sell
folks nothing
[C]I wasn't raised to steal [D]and rob
I'm looking for a [G]backbone job
[F][D][G]

[Verse 2]
Well, I can [C]pick and shovel
I can hang drywall
Swing a [G]nine- pound hammer
full [D]across that [G]salt
A [C]post hole digger or a barbed wire strand
I [A]don't mind work but I'm a
[C]backbone man

[Interlude 1]
[C][G]
[C][G]
[A][C][A]

[Verse 3]
[G]I'm not dumb,
but I ain't been to college
[C]I never got the first degree
[G]And nowadays everybody's making
a livin' [C]typin' on [G]a TV screen
Now [C]I'm not down on [G]a man's white collar
[C]I don't mean to be a snob
[D]But I'm looking for a b[G]ackbone
job
[F][Dm][D][G]

[Verse 4]
Well, I can [C]pick and shovel
I can hang drywall
Swing a [G]nine- pound hammer
full across [D]that [G]salt
A [C]post hole digger or a barbed wire strand
I [A]don't mind work but
I'm a [C]backbone man

[Verse 5]
[C]
But [G]I'm not looking for an occupation,
[C]I just wanna go h[G]ome
They're holding me a ticket
at the Greyhound station
[C]I'm still paying [G]off
[C]I never learned to [G]sell folks nothing
I [C]wasn't raised to steal and [D]rob
I'm looking for a [G]backbone job
[F][D][G]

[Verse 6]
Just looking for a backbone job
[F]Yeah, [Dm]I'm [G]looking for
a back[Gm]bone [G]job
[F][Dm][D][G]