handyman blues chords and lyrics - C.W. STONEKING

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[Intro 1]
[Am][E][Am][E][Am][E]
[Am]
(spoken) Well ex[E]cuse me mam’ I wants

[Verse 1]
[E]
ta put in
my unem[Am]ployment form [E]please
Now hold on a minute mister,
[Am]now [E]it says here that you [Am]ain’t been working for 3 years
That’s right
Hey, [E]wanna tell ya,
ain’t it bout time you got yourself [Am]a job?
I’m looking for a job right now
Looking for a job and praying you
ain’t gonna find [E]one
You tell me what the last
thing you done now

[Verse 2]
The last one?
[E]I used t[Am]o get up in th[F#m]e morning
[E]Go to work with rain com[Am]in’ down[E]
[Am]That's when I was a handyman[E]
Working in a country [Am]town[F#m][A]
When I [E]was [A]a handyman
I [Am]cut [Dm]down e[Am]very tree [E]in the yard[Dm]
[Am]' reason being
[E]I swang my axe so
hard
[Am][E][Am]

[Verse 3]
[Am]Handyman[E]
Is a good thing [Am]to b[A]e
[E][Am]
You’re working [E]hours[F#m]
[E]Is from eight till thr[Am]ee[F#m][A]
When I was a handyman
[Dm]I’d trim the rough edges of your lawn
[Am]I’d trimmed it so clos[E]e
A cold chill run through your bones
[Am][E][Am][E][Am]

[Verse 4]
[A]Handyman
[E]Can fix your squ[Am]eaking floor
[E]s[Am]
Handyman
Can [E]shine the bell on your
front [Am]door[A]
[F#m]When I[A] was a handyman
A [Dm]women had me diggin in the mud
[Am]When my spade hit bedrock
[E]She hollered ‘Oh[Am] my[E]

[Verse 5]
lord’ Oh my lord
[Am](played over [A]horn solo)

[Outro 1]
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[E]
[Am][A]
[Dm][G][Am][E]
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