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handyman blues chords by C.W. Stoneking

  • Am

  • E

  • F#m

    2
  • A

  • Dm

  • G

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

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Verse 2
The last one?
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I used to get up in the morning
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Go to work with rain comin’ down
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That's when I was a handyman
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Working in a country town
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When I was a handyman
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I cut down every tree in the yard
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' reason being
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I swang my axe so
hard
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Verse 3
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Handyman
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Is a good thing to be
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You’re working hours
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Is from eight till three
When I was a handyman
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I’d trim the rough edges of your lawn
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I’d trimmed it so close
A cold chill run through your bones
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Verse 4
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Handyman
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Can fix your squeaking floor
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s
Handyman
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Can shine the bell on your
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front door
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When I was a handyman
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A women had me diggin in the mud
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When my spade hit bedrock
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She hollered ‘Oh my
Verse 5
lord’ Oh my lord
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(played over horn solo)
Outro 1
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Dm
G
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