Key: C major
Verse 1
B
E
B
F#
E
B
Early
in the morning
E
B
factory whistle blows
Man rises from bed and
F#
puts on his clothes
B
Man takes his lunch,
E
B
walks out in the morning light
F#
It's the working, the working,
E
B
just the working life
Verse 2
B
Through the mansions of fear,
E
B
through the mansions of pain
I see my daddy walking through
F#
them factory gates in the rain
B
Factory takes his hearing,
E
B
factory gives him life
F#
The working, the working,
E
B
just the working life
Interlude 1
B
E
B
F#
B
E
B
F#
E
B
Verse 3
B
E
B
End of the day, factory whistle cries
Men walk through these gates
F#
with death in their eyes
B
And you just better believe, boy
E
Somebody's gonna get hurt tonight
B
F#
It's the working, the working,
E
B
just the working life
F#
Oh it's the working, the working,
E
just the working life
B
Uh
Verse 4
F#
hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
E
Uh hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
B
F#
E
B
F#
Uh hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
E
B
Uh hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm
F#
E
B
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ChordsB E F#
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