Key: E major
Intro 1
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
Bsus4
Bm
Verse 1
workin in a mine
Workin on a river, workin on a boat
Workin on a log jam,
B
Bm
anything that floats
Bm
B
Bm
Verse 2
B
F#
Anyone workin is a friend of
B
mine
Bsus4
Bm
Verse 3
Workin with a hammer, workin with a saw
B
F#
B
Workin in a library reading the law
Bm
B
Workin with paper, brushes and pens
Bm
F#
B
Finish up a job then startin again
I'll be leavin soon
playin fiddle tunes
F#
B
three tons of steel
Bm
Verse 4
B
B
F#
B
Anyone workin is a friend of mine
Interlude 1
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
B
Bm
F#
Bm
E
Bm
B
Bm
E
Bm
F#
B
Bm
F#
B
Verse 5
Got a rope around me now to keep
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E
B
from fallin off the edge
Workin in the garden
trimmin up the trees
E
F#
B
Hoein up the rows, pullin up the weeds
workin on the news
Bm
B
Workin in a honky tonk
playin the blues
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F#
B
Settin broken bones, helpin babies be born
Verse 6
B
B
F#
B
Put em in a rhythm, sing a workin man song
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F#
Anybody workin is a friend of mine
Interlude 2
B
Bm
Verse 7
Bm
B
That's the price I pay for runnin this race
Bm
B
Savin up my wages put em in the bank
Payin on the mortgage, fillin my tank
Bm
E
Savin up for college, for a rainy day
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F#
B
Raisin up the chillen keep a workin a way
the wolf from the door
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F#
B
Workin like my father and his father before
Bm
Verse 8
B
E
I got two hands and
a back that's strong
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F#
B
Put em in a rhythm, sing a workin man song
the dawn of time
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F#
Anybody workin is a friend of mine
B
Verse 9
F#
B
Anybody workin is a friend of mine
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB Bm Bsus4 E F#
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