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