From: Andrew DeFaria Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 06:38:29 +0000 (-0700) Subject: Added Workin Man Blues X-Git-Url: https://defaria.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e911e22ec23ee0b4b8170f810598777edbe9f70e;hp=56a1082f838e9aa35804d025650be476ac2c5fd0;p=songbook.git Added Workin Man Blues --- diff --git a/Songs/Workin Man Blues.pro b/Songs/Workin Man Blues.pro new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85e1164 --- /dev/null +++ b/Songs/Workin Man Blues.pro @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +{title:Workin Man Blues} +{subtitle:Merle Haggard} +{key:A} + +[A]It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife +I been a workin' man dang near all my life +I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use +I'll drink my beer in a tavern, +Sing a little bit of these working man blues + +I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day +Might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay +But I'll go back workin, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew +I'll drink a little beer that evening, +Sing a little bit of these working man blues + +Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me +I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be +Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use +I drink a little beer in a tavern +Sing a little bit of these working man blues + +Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin' around +I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town +But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes +Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern, +Cry a little bit of these working man blues + +Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me +I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be +Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use +I drink a little beer in a tavern +Sing a little bit of these working man blues + +Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern, +Cry a little bit of these working man blues