Key: F major
Verse 1
Ab
Fm
I'm not afraid to bend my back
Ab
Fm
I'm not afraid of dirt
Ab
But how I fear the things I do
For lack of honest work
Fm
My family is lost to me
Ab
Fm
They could not bear the hurt
Ab
To see the state their boy is in
Fm
For lack of honest work
Verse 2
Fm
Ab
I hold no blame for anyone
Fm
'Twas I who did arrange
Bbm
Ab
Db
To pay my union dues so i'd
Ab
Not have to learn or change
Fm
Db
Ab
And when I was re placed, 'twas i
Fm
Who started down the hill
Db
And drank away my savings 'til
Ab
Fm
I couldn't stop myself
Ab
The prophets of a
Verse 3
brave new world
Fm
Captains of industry
Ab
Have visions grand and great
Verse 4
Fm
Db
designs
Ab
Fm
But none have room for me
Ab
They see a world where everyone
Fm
Is rich and smart and young
Eb
Fm
Db
But if I live to see such things
Eb
Fm
Too late for me they come
Verse 5
Fm
I know I'm not the only one
Ab
Fm
To fall beneath the wheel
Ab
Such company can not assuage
The loneliness I feel
Fm
Ab
So many are resigned to be
Fm
Society's debris
Db
But I will be remembered for
Ab
Fm
The life life took from me
Ab
For I'm not afraid to
Verse 6
Fm
bend my back
Ab
Fm
I'm not afraid of dirt
Fm
Ab
But how I fear the things I do
Fm
Ab
Fm
For lack of honest work
Ab
Fm
Ab
Fm
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