Workingman's Blues #2 chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (D major)
Verse 1
There's an (G major)
evenin' haze set (D major) tlin' over town
Star (E minor) light by the edge of the creek (G major)
The (C major) buyin' power of the proletari
(G major) at's gone down
(A minor) Money's gettin' shallow and weak (D major)
Well, the place (G major) I love best
is a sweet (D major) memory
It's a new (E minor) path that we trod (G major)
(D major) They say (C major) low wages are a reality
(G major) If we want (A minor) to compete abroad (D major)
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Verse 2
(G major) My cruel weapons have
been (D major) put on the shelf
Come (E minor) sit down on my knee (G major)
You are (C major) dearer to me than my (G major) self
As (A minor) you yourself can see (D major)
While I'm (G major) listening to the steel rails (D major) hum
(E minor) Got both eyes tight shut (G major)
(D major) Just sit (C major) ting here trying to keep
the (G major) hunger from
(A minor) Creeping its way into my gut (D major)
Verse 3
(C major) Meet me at the bottom,
don't lag (G major) behind
(C major) Bring me my boots and shoes (G major)
You can (C major) hang back or fight your
best on (G major) the frontline
Sing (A minor) a little bit of these working
(D major) man's blues
(G major)
Verse 4
Well, I'm sailin' on back,
ready for (D major) the long haul
Tossed (E minor) by the winds (G major) and the seas
I'll drag 'em (C major) all down to hell and
I'll stand (G major) 'em at the wall
I'll sell (A minor) 'em to their enemies
(D major) I'm try (G major) in' to feed my
soul (D major) with thought
Gonna sleep (E minor) off the rest of the day (G major)
Some (D major) times (C major) no one wants (G major)
what we got
Sometimes (A minor) you can't give it away (D major)
Verse 5
Now the (G major) place is ringed
with countless (D major) foes
Some (E minor) of them may be deaf and dumb
(D major) (G major) (C major) No man, no woman (G major) knows
The hour (A minor) that sorrow will come (D major)
In the (G major) dark I hear the night (D major) birds call
I can feel (E minor) a lover's breath (G major)
I sleep (C major) in the kitchen with
my feet (G major) in the hall
Sleep (A minor) is like a tempor (C major) ary death (D major)
Verse 6
(C major) Meet me at the bottom,
don't lag (G major) behind
(C major) Bring me my boots and shoes (G major)
You can (C major) hang back or fight
your best on the frontline (G major)
Sing (A minor) a little bit of these
working (C major) man's (D major) blues
(G major)
Verse 7
Well, they burned my barn,
and they stole (D major) my horse
(E minor) I can't save a dime (G major)
(D major) I got (C major) to be careful,
I don't (G major) want to be forced
Into a (A minor) life of continual crime (D major)
I can see (G major) for myself that the sun (D major) is sinking
(E minor) How I wish you were here to see (D major) (G major)
Tell (C major) me now, am I wrong (G major) in thinking
That (A minor) you have forgotten me? (D major)
Verse 8
Now they (G major) worry and they hurry
and they fuss (D major) and they fret
They waste (E minor) your nights and days (G major) (D major) (C major)
Them I will for (G major) get
But you I'll (A minor) remember always (C major) (D major)
Old (G major) memories of you to
(D major) me have clung
You've (E minor) wounded me with your words
(G major) (D major) (G major) Gonna (C major) have to straighten
out your tongue (G major)
It's all true, (A minor) everything you've heard (D major)
Verse 9
(C major) Meet me at the bottom,
don't lag (G major) behind
(C major) Bring me my boots and shoes (G major)
You can (C major) hang back or fight
your best (G major) on the frontline
Sing (A minor) a little bit of these working (C major)
(D major) man's blues
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 10
In you, my friend, I find (D major) no blame
(E minor) Wanna look in my eyes, please (D major) do (G major) (D major) (C major)
No one can (G major) ever claim
That I took (A minor) up arms again (C major) st you (D major)
All across (G major) the peaceful sacred (D major) fields (E minor)
They will lay you low (G major)
(D major) They'll break (C major) your horns and
slash (G major) you with steel
I say (A minor) it so it must be so (D major)
Now (G major) I'm down
Verse 11
on my luck and
I'm (D major) black and blue
Gonna give (E minor) you another chance (G major)
I'm (C major) all alone and I'm ex (G major) pecting you
To lead (A minor) me off in a cheerful (C major) dance
(D major) I got a (G major) brand new suit and
a brand (D major) new wife
(E minor) I can live on rice and (D major) beans (G major)
Some (C major) people never worked
a day (G major) in their life
Don't know (A minor) what work even means (D major)
Verse 12
Well, (C major) meet me at the bottom,
don't lag (G major) behind
(C major) Bring me my boots and shoes (G major)
You can (C major) hang back or fight
your best (G major) on the frontline
Sing (A minor) a little bit of these work (C major) ingman's (D major) blues
Outro 1
(G major)
(D major) (G major) (E minor) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (A minor) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major)
(C major) (G major)
Workingman's Blues #2
Bob Dylan
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