G# G#/G G#/F G#/D# C#/C# G/B(pinky on the D) A#/A#m7 D#/D#7
G# G#/G
There's an evenin' haze settlin' over town
G#/F G#/D#
Starlight by the edge of the creek
C#/C# G#/C
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
G# G#/G
Well, the place I love best is a sweet memory
G#/F G#/D#
It's a new path that we trod
C#/C# C/D#
They say low wages are a reality
A#/A#m7 D#/D#7
If we want to compete abroad
G# G#/G
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
G#/F G#/D#
Come sit down on my knee
C#/C# G#/C
You are dearer to me than myself
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
As you yourself can see
G# G#/G
While I'm listening to the steel rails hum
G#/F G#/D#
Got both eyes tight shut
C#/C# G#/C
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
Creeping it's way into my gut
Chorus:
C# G#
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
A#m G#
Bring me my boots and shoes
C# G#
You can hang back or fight your best on the frontline
A#m D#7 G#
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
G# G#/G
Well, I'm sailin' on back, ready for the long haul
G#/F G#/D#
Tossed by the winds and the seas
C#/C# G#/C
I'll drag 'em all down to hell and I'll stand 'em at the wall
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
I'll sell 'em to their enemies
G# G#/G
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with thought
G#/F G#/D#
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
C#/C# G#/C
Sometimes no one wants what we got
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
Sometimes you can't give it away
G# G#/G
Now the place is ringed with countless foes
G#/F G#/D#
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
C#/C# G#/C
No man, no woman knows
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
The hour that sorrow will come
G# G#/G
In the dark I hear the night birds call
G#/F G#/D#
I can feel a lover's breath
C#/C# G#/C
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
Sleep is like a temporary death
(repeat chorus)
G# G#/G
Well, they burned my barn, and they stole my horse
G#/F G#/D#
I can't save a dime
C#/C# G#/C
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
Into a life of continual crime
G# G#/G
I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
G#/F G#/D#
How I wish you were here to see
C#/C# G#/C
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
That you have forgotten me?
G# G#/G
Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret
G#/F G#/D#
They waste your nights and days
C#/C# G#/C
Them I will forget
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
But you I'll remember always
G# G#/G
Old memories of you to me have clung
G#/F G#/D#
You've wounded me with your words
C#/C# G#/C
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
It's all true, everything you've heard
(repeat chorus)
G# G#/G
In you, my friend, I find no blame
G#/F G#/D#
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
C#/C# G#/C
No one can ever claim
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
That I took up arms against you
G# G#/G
All across the peaceful sacred fields
G#/F G#/D#
They will lay you low
C#/C# G#/C
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
I say it so it must be so
G# G#/G
Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue
G#/F G#/D#
Gonna give you another chance
C#/C# G#/C
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
G# G#/G
I got a brand new suit and a brand new wife
G#/F G#/D#
I can live on rice and beans
C#/C# G#/C
Some people never worked a day in their life
A#m7/A# D#7/D#
Don't know what work even means
(repeat chorus)