Workin' on a World chords by Iris DeMent
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Verse 1
(G major) I (D major) got so down and (G major) troubled (C major)
I nearly lost my (G major) head (C major)
(G major) I started (D major) wakin' every (G major) morning
(E minor) Filled with (A major) sadness, fear (A minor) and dread (C major)
(Dsus4) The world I (C major) took for granted (G major) (C major)
Was crashing to the ground (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) And I real (G major) ized I might not live long enough
(D major) To ever see it turn (G major) around (C major)
Verse 2
(G major) Oh, but (D major) then I got to (G major) thinkin' (C major)
Of the ones who came be (G major) fore (C major) (G major)
Of (D major) all the sacri (G major) fices that they (E minor) made
To open (A major) up so (A minor) many doors (C major) (Dsus4)
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Verse 3
Doors I got to walk (G major) through (C major)
On streets paved for (G major) me (C major)
By people who were (G major) workin' on (D major) a world
They never got to (G major) see (C major)
Verse 4
(G major) Now, now we're workin' on a world (C major)
I may never see (G major) (C major)
(G major) I'm joining forces with
the (E minor) warriors of love (A major)
Who came before (A minor) and
will follow you and (D major) me
I get up (C major) in the morning (G major)
(C major) Knowing I'm privileged (G major)
just to be (C major)
Workin' on a world (G major) (D major)
Interlude 1
I may never see
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (A major)
(A minor) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
I don't (D major) have all the
Verse 5
(G major) answers (C major)
To the troubles of the day (G major) (C major)
(G major) But neither (D major) did all our an (G major) cestors
(E minor) And they per (A major) severed (A minor) anyway (Dsus4)
When I (C major) see a little (G major) baby (C major)
Reaching out its arms to (G major) me (C major)
I remember why I'm (G major) workin' on (D major) a world
I may never see
(G major) (C major)
Verse 6
(G major)
I'm workin' on a world (C major) I
may never see (G major) (C major) (G major)
Joining forces with the (E minor) warriors of love (A major)
Who came before (A minor) and
will follow you and (C major) me
I get (D major) up in the morning (G major)
(C major) Knowing I'm privileged (G major)
just to be (C major)
Workin' on a world (G major) (D major)
I may never see
(G major)
Verse 7
(C major)
I'm workin' on a world (G major) (D major)
I may never see
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Workin' on a World
Iris DeMent
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