Workingman's Blues #2 chords by
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan

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Key: A major
Intro 1
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Em
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C
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Am
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Verse 1
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There's an
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evenin' haze settlin' over town
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Em

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Starlight by the edge of the creek
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The buyin' power of the proletari
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at's gone down
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Money's gettin' shallow and weak
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Well, the place I love best
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is a sweet memory
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It's a new path that we trod
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C
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They say low wages are a reality
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Am
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If we want to compete abroad
Verse 2
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My cruel weapons have
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been put on the shelf
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Come sit down on my knee
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You are dearer to me than my self
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As you yourself can see
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While I'm listening to the steel rails hum
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Got both eyes tight shut
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C
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Just sitting here trying to keep
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the hunger from
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Creeping its way into my gut
Verse 3
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Meet me at the bottom,
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don't lag behind
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Bring me my boots and shoes
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You can hang back or fight your
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best on the frontline
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Am

Sing a little bit of these working
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man's blues
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Verse 4
Well, I'm sailin' on back,
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ready for the long haul
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Em

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Tossed by the winds and the seas
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I'll drag 'em all down to hell and
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I'll stand 'em at the wall
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I'll sell 'em to their enemies
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I'm tryin' to feed my
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soul with thought
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Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
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C
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Sometimes no one wants
what we got
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Sometimes you can't give it away
Verse 5
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Now the place is ringed
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with countless foes
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Some of them may be deaf and dumb
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No man, no woman knows
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The hour that sorrow will come
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In the dark I hear the night birds call
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I can feel a lover's breath
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I sleep in the kitchen with
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my feet in the hall
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C
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Sleep is like a temporary death
Verse 6
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C

Meet me at the bottom,
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don't lag behind
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C

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Bring me my boots and shoes
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C

You can hang back or fight
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your best on the frontline
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Am

Sing a little bit of these
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D
D

workingman's blues
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Verse 7
Well, they burned my barn,
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and they stole my horse
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Em

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I can't save a dime
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C
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I got to be careful,
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I don't want to be forced
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Into a life of continual crime
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I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
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Em

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How I wish you were here to see
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Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
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That you have forgotten me?
Verse 8
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Now they worry and they hurry
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and they fuss and they fret
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C
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They waste your nights and days
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Them I will forget
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But you I'll remember always
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Old memories of you to
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me have clung
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You've wounded me with your words
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C
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Gonna have to straighten
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out your tongue
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It's all true, everything you've heard
Verse 9
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C

Meet me at the bottom,
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don't lag behind
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C

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G

Bring me my boots and shoes
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C

You can hang back or fight
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G

your best on the frontline
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Am

C
C

Sing a little bit of these working
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D

man's blues
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G

C
C

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G

Verse 10
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In you, my friend, I find no blame
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Em

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Wanna look in my eyes, please do
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No one can ever claim
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That I took up arms against you
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Em
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All across the peaceful sacred fields
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They will lay you low
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C
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They'll break your horns and
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slash you with steel
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I say it so it must be so
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Now I'm down
Verse 11
on my luck and
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I'm black and blue
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Gonna give you another chance
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I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
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To lead me off in a cheerful dance
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I got a brand new suit and
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a brand new wife
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I can live on rice and beans
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Some people never worked
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a day in their life
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Don't know what work even means
Verse 12
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C

Well, meet me at the bottom,
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don't lag behind
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C

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Bring me my boots and shoes
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C

You can hang back or fight
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G

your best on the frontline
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Am

C
C

D
D

Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
Outro 1
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D
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Em
Em

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C
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Am
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D
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D
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Em
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C
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