Key: E major
Intro 1
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F#sus4
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Verse 1
workin in a mine
Workin on a river, workin on a boat
Workin on a log jam,
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anything that floats
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Verse 2
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Anyone workin is a friend of
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mine
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Verse 3
Workin with a hammer, workin with a saw
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Workin in a library reading the law
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Workin with paper, brushes and pens
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Finish up a job then startin again
I'll be leavin soon
playin fiddle tunes
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three tons of steel
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Verse 4
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Put em in a rhythm, sing a workin man song
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C#
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Anyone workin is a friend of mine
Interlude 1
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C#
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B
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B
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Verse 5
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Workin on a scaffold, workin on a ledge
Got a rope around me now to keep
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from fallin off the edge
Workin in the garden
trimmin up the trees
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Hoein up the rows, pullin up the weeds
workin on the news
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Workin in a honky tonk
playin the blues
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Settin broken bones, helpin babies be born
Verse 6
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Put em in a rhythm, sing a workin man song
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Anybody workin is a friend of mine
Interlude 2
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Verse 7
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That's the price I pay for runnin this race
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Savin up my wages put em in the bank
Payin on the mortgage, fillin my tank
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B
Savin up for college, for a rainy day
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Raisin up the chillen keep a workin a way
the wolf from the door
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Workin like my father and his father before
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Verse 8
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B
I got two hands and
a back that's strong
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Put em in a rhythm, sing a workin man song
the dawn of time
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Anybody workin is a friend of mine
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Verse 9
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F#
Anybody workin is a friend of mine
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# F#m F#sus4 B C#
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