backbone job chords by Keith Whitley
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (F major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
(G major) I'm not looking for an occupation,
(C major) I just wanna go home (G major)
They're holding me a ticket
at the Greyhound station
(C major) I'm still paying on (G major)
(C major) I never learned to sell (G major)
folks nothing
I wasn't (C major) raised to steal and rob (D major)
I'm looking for a (G major) backbone job
(F major) (D major) (G major)
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Verse 2
Well, I can (C major) pick and shovel
I can hang drywall
Swing a (G major) nine- pound hammer
full across (D major) that salt (G major)
A (C major) post hole digger or a barbed wire strand
I (A major) don't mind work but I'm a
(C major) backbone man
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
(A major) (C major) (A major)
Verse 3
(G major) I'm not dumb,
but I ain't been to college
I nev (C major) er got the first degree
(G major) And nowadays everybody's making
a livin' (C major) typin' on a TV (G major) screen
Now (C major) I'm not down on a man's (G major) white collar
(C major) I don't mean to be a snob
(D major) But I'm looking for a backbone (G major)
job
(F major) (D minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 4
Well, I can (C major) pick and shovel
I can hang drywall
Swing a (G major) nine- pound hammer
full across (D major) that salt (G major)
A (C major) post hole digger or a barbed wire strand
I (A major) don't mind work but
I'm a (C major) backbone man
Verse 5
(C major)
But (G major) I'm not looking for an occupation,
(C major) I just wanna go home (G major)
They're holding me a ticket
at the Greyhound station
(C major) I'm still paying off (G major)
(C major) I never learned to sell (G major) folks nothing
I (C major) wasn't raised to steal and rob (D major)
I'm looking for a (G major) backbone job
(F major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 6
Just looking for a backbone job
Yeah, (F major) (D minor) (G major) I'm looking for
a back (G minor) bone (G major) job
(F major) (D minor) (D major) (G major)
backbone job
Keith Whitley
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