Working On The Highway chords by Joe Ely

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Verse 1
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 (C major) Friday night's pay night,
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guys fresh out of work  (F major) 
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 (C major) Talking 'bout the weekend,
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scrubbing off the dirt  (F major) 
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Some  (C major) heading home to their families,
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some looking to get hurt  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) Some going down to Stovell wearing
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trouble on their shirts  (F major) 
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Verse 2
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 (C major) I work for the county out on  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major)  (C major) 95
All day long I hold a red flag and watch
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the traffic pass me by  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) In my head I keep a picture of
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a pretty little miss  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) Someday,  (G major) mis (C major) ter,
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 (G major) gonna lead a  (C major) better life than this
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 (F major) Working on the

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Verse 3

highway,

laying down the blacktop

Working on the highway,

all day long I don't stop

Working on the highway,

blasting through the bedrock

Working on the highway,

working on the highway

Interlude 1

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I met her at a  (C major) dance down at  (F major) 
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the union hall  (C major)  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) She was standing with her brothers,
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back up against the wall  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) Sometimes we'd go walking
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down  (F major) the union  (C major) tracks  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) One day I looked straight at her and
she looked straight back
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 (F major) Working on the

Verse 5
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 (F major) highway,
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lay (G major) ing down the  (F major) blacktop
Working on the highway,
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all  (G major) day long I don't stop
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 (F major) Working on the highway,
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 (G major) blasting through the bedrock
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 (F major) Working on the highway,
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work (G major) ing on the highway  (F major) 

Interlude 2

I saved up my

Verse 6
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money and I  (C major) put it all away
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I  (A minor) went to see her daddy but we
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 (C major) didn't have much to say
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"Son,  (A minor) can't you see
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she's  (C major) just a little girl?
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She  (F major) don't know nothing about this  (G major) cruel,

Verse 7
cruel world"
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We  (C major) lit out down to Florida,
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we got  (F major) along al (C major) right  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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One  (C major) day her brothers came and got her and they
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took me in a black and white  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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The pro (C major) secutor kept the promise
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that he  (F major) made on that  (C major) day  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major) And the judge got mad and he
put me straight away
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Verse 8
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 (C major) I wake up every morning to
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the  (F major) work bell  (C major) clang  (F major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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Me  (C major) and the warden go swinging on the
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 (G major) Charlotte County  (C major) road gang
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 (F major) Working on the

Verse 9
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 (F major) highway,
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laying  (G major) down the  (F major) blacktop
Working on the highway,
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all  (G major) day long I don't stop
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 (F major) Working on the highway,
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blast (G major) ing through the bedrock
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 (F major) Working on the highway,
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work (G major) ing on the highway
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 (F major) Working on the

Verse 10
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 (F major) highway,
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lay (G major) ing down the black (F major) top
Working on the highway,
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all  (G major) day long I can't stop
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 (F major) Working on the highway,
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blast (G major) ing through the bedrock
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Working  (F major) on the highway, work (G major) ing on the highway  (F major) 

Outro 1
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