Workin' Man Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][Dsus4][G][C][Dsus4]

[Verse 1]
[G]Sittin? alone in the dark

[Verse 2]
Wastin? [G]my time in a park

[Verse 3]
?Cause [C]I?ve got nowhere to [G]go

[Verse 4]
[G]Had me a job 'til the market fell out

[Verse 5]
[G]Tried hard to borrow

[Verse 6]
But [G]there was no help

[Verse 7]
Now, [C]I?ve got nowhere to go
[G]

[Verse 8]
[C]I need a job
For [D]these two hands

[Verse 9]
I?m a [G]workin? [C]man

[Verse 10]
With [C]nowhere to [G]go
[C][G][C]

[Verse 11]
[G]
One last look at my land

[Verse 12]
[G]Auctioneer with his gavel in hand
And [C]he says,

[Verse 13]
it?s got to [G]go

[Verse 14]
[G]
Worked this piece all my life

[Verse 15]
It broke my [G]heart
And it took my wife
Now, [C]I?ve

[Verse 16]
got [G]nothing to show

[Verse 17]
[G]
[C]I need a job
For [D]these two hands
[G]I?m a workin?

[Verse 18]
[C]man
With nowhere to go
[G]

[Verse 19]
[Em]
Wandered aimless in the city
[C]

[Verse 20]
With my dirt workin? boots

[Verse 21]
And [D]my old straw hat in hand
[G][C][G]

[Verse 22]
[Em]Singing a song by Woody Guthri[C]e

[Verse 23]
This land is [C]your land, it ain?t [D]my land

[Verse 24]
[D]I?m a workin? [C]man

[Verse 25]
With nowhere to [G]go

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][G]
I [C]was born

[Verse 26]
[G]to the sunris[C]e
[G]Breaking back all day
[C]Now,[G]

[Verse 27]
[C]I?ve got something to say
[G][C][G]

[Verse 28]
[G]I am broke but not broken

[Verse 29]
And [G]I am not alone

[Verse 30]
'Cause there?s a [C]lot of folks

[Verse 31]
With nowhere to [G]go

[Verse 32]
[C]
Are they ever gonna [D]understand?

[Verse 33]
You can?t leave a [G]workin? [C]man

[Verse 34]
[C]With nowhere [G]to go

[Verse 35]
[G][C]
Are they ever gonna [D]understand?

[Verse 36]
You can?t [D]leave [G]a workin? man[C]
Nowhere to go
[G][C]

[Verse 37]
[Dsus4]Nowhere t[G]o g[C]o[G]
[C][G]

[Verse 38]
[C]
Nowhere [G]to [C]go[G][C][G]
[C][G]

[Verse 39]
[C]
Nowhere to [G]go

[Outro 1]
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