Working On The Highway Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]Friday night's pay night,
guys [F]fresh out of [C]work
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Talking about the weekend,
[G]scrubbing off the [C]dirt
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Some [C]heading home to their families,
some [F]looking to get [C]hurt
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Some [C]going down to Stovell
wearing [G]trouble on their [C]shirts
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[C]I work

[Verse 2]
for the county out on [F]ninety [C]five
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All [C]day I hold a red flag
and watch the [G]traffic pass me [C]by
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In [C]my head I keep a picture
of a [F]pretty little [C]miss
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[C]Someday, mister, I'm gonna
[G]lead a better [C]life than this

[Chorus 1]
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]laying down the black[C]top
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]all day long I don't [C]stop
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]blasting through the bed[C]rock
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]working on the high[C]way

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
I [C]met her at a dance down [F]at the union [C]hall
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She [C]was standing with her brothers,
back [G]up against the [C]wall
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Some[C]times we'd go walking down
the [F]Union [C]tracks
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One [C]day I looked straight at her
and she [G]looked straight [C]back

[Chorus 2]
So I'm [F]working on the highway,
[G]laying down the black[C]top
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]all day long I don't [C]stop
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]blasting through the bed[C]rock
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]working on the high[C]way

[Interlude 2]
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[Bridge 1]
I [Am]saved up my money and I [C]put it all away
I [Am]went to see her daddy
but we [C]didn't have much to say
[Am]"Son, can't you see that she's [C]just a little girl
[F]She don't know nothing
about this [G]cruel, cruel world"

[Verse 4]
We lit [C]out down to Florida,
we [F]got along all [C]right
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One [C]day her brothers came and got her
And they [G]took me in a [C]black-and-white
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The [C]prosecutor kept the promise
that he [F]made on that [C]day
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And [C]the judge got mad
and he [G]put me straight a[C]way
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I [C]wake up every morning
to the [F]work bell [C]clang
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Me [C]and the warden go swinging on the
Charlotte County road gang

[Chorus 3]
I'm [F]working on the highway,
[G]laying down the black[C]top
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]all day long I don't [C]stop
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]blasting through the bed[C]rock
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]working on the high[C]way

[Chorus 4]
I'm [F]working on the highway,
[G]laying down the black[C]top
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]all day long I don't [C]stop
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]blasting through the bed[C]rock
[F]Working on the highway,
[G]working on the high[C]way

[Outro 1]
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