the work song chords by 
Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Back before the blues
were blue
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When the good ol’ song
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s were new
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Songs that may no longer
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please us
‘Bout the darkies, about Jesus
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Mississippi min strels,
colour of molasses
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Strum ming on their banjos to
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entertain their massas
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Some said garbage, oth ers said art
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You couldn’t call it soul,
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you had to call it heart
Verse 2
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Oh, backs broke bending,
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digging holes to plant the seeds
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The owners ate the cane and
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the workers ate the weeds
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Put the wood in the stove
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and water in the cup
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You worked so hard that
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you died standing up
Verse 3
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When I was a little thing
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Papa tried to make me sing
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'Home Sweet Home'
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and 'Aura Lee'
These were songs that my daddy taught me
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'Camptown Races' and 'Susannah
Don’t You Cry'
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'Gentle An nie' still brings
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a tear to my eye
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Label it garbage, la bel it art
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You couldn’t call it soul,
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you had to call it heart
Verse 4
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Oh, backs broke bending,
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digging holes to plant the seeds
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The owners ate the cane and
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the workers ate the weeds
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Put the wood in the stove
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and water in the cup
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You worked so hard that
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you died standing up
Verse 5
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Sing me songs of days gone by
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Make me laugh and make me cry
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Break my female heart in two
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Sing me songs that say “I love you”
Lower your eyes and raise
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your hand up to your breast
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Sing me one about the sun set
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ting in the west
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Ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Verse 6
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Oh, backs broke bending,
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digging holes to plant the seeds
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The own ers ate the cane and
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the workers ate the weeds
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Put the wood in the stove
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and wa ter in the cup
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You worked so hard that you died
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standing up
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Verse 7
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Oh, backs broke bending,
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digging holes to plant the seeds
The owners ate the cane and the
workers ate the weeds
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Put the wood in the stove
A
and wa ter in the cup
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A
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You worked so hard that you died standing up
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ChordsE A D Ebdim F#m...
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