Workin' for the man chords by
Robert J Walsh

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Key: A minor

Intro 1

Verse 1
Am Am 
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We're
all slaves for someone
G G 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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They got some, we  got none
We all do what we can
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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And now we're working for the man
One hundred men in a long black boat
G G 
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Am Am 
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Crossing the ocean trying to stay afloat
The slave traders taking everyone
G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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They set off toward the setting sun
They shackled down so they could not run
G G 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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And  many died in the hot, hot sun
And when they died
they threw them in the sea
G G 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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Worse yet, they just leave them be
We all slaves for someone,
G G 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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they got some, we  got none
We all do what we can,
G G 
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and now we're working
Am Am 
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for the man
Nothing matters but to stay alive
G G 
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Tryin' to find the strength
Am Am 
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of God inside
Whole folk in a bad, bad way
G G 
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Jesus gon' come and
Am Am 
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take them away
Months passed in a strange new land
G G 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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Nothin' right about killin' a man
The only thought was to stay alive
G G 
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Am Am 
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F F 
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Hopeful folk livin' night to night
Dm Dm 
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D D 
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Am Am 
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We'll be real sweet
F F 
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Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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Oh yeah, oh  yeah
Oh, a lot of people got stolen away
G G 
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Hard, hard work and
Am Am 
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there wasn't no pay
Fools bad, days were long
G G 
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Now don't you think
Am Am 
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something was wrong
They took their soul when
they locked them up
G G 
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They started workin' when
Am Am 
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the sun come up
Who's standin' at the end of the day?
G G 
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Am Am 
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Both old folk with the devil to pay
They're all slaves in a foreign land
G G 
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They shot their soul to
Am Am 
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take a belly stab
They stole away from their native land
G G 
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D D 
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And  now they're workin'
G G 
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Am Am 
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for the man
They're all slaves in a foreign land
G G 
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They shot and sold to
Am Am 
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take the palace down
They stole away from the native land
G G 
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D D 
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And  now they're working
G G 
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Am Am 
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for the man
They're all slaves in a foreign land
G G 
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They shot and sold to
Am Am 
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take the palace down
They stole away from the native land
G G 
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And now they're working
Am Am 
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for the man you

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