F F/E F/D F/C A#/A# G/B(pinky on the D) G/Gm7 C/C7
F F/E
There's an evenin' haze settlin' over town
F/D F/C
Starlight by the edge of the creek
A#/A# F/A
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Gm7/G C7/C
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
F F/E
Well, the place I love best is a sweet memory
F/D F/C
It's a new path that we trod
A#/A# A/C
They say low wages are a reality
G/Gm7 C/C7
If we want to compete abroad
F F/E
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
F/D F/C
Come sit down on my knee
A#/A# F/A
You are dearer to me than myself
Gm7/G C7/C
As you yourself can see
F F/E
While I'm listening to the steel rails hum
F/D F/C
Got both eyes tight shut
A#/A# F/A
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Gm7/G C7/C
Creeping it's way into my gut
Chorus:
A# F
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Gm F
Bring me my boots and shoes
A# F
You can hang back or fight your best on the frontline
Gm C7 F
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
F F/E
Well, I'm sailin' on back, ready for the long haul
F/D F/C
Tossed by the winds and the seas
A#/A# F/A
I'll drag 'em all down to hell and I'll stand 'em at the wall
Gm7/G C7/C
I'll sell 'em to their enemies
F F/E
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with thought
F/D F/C
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
A#/A# F/A
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Gm7/G C7/C
Sometimes you can't give it away
F F/E
Now the place is ringed with countless foes
F/D F/C
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
A#/A# F/A
No man, no woman knows
Gm7/G C7/C
The hour that sorrow will come
F F/E
In the dark I hear the night birds call
F/D F/C
I can feel a lover's breath
A#/A# F/A
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Gm7/G C7/C
Sleep is like a temporary death
(repeat chorus)
F F/E
Well, they burned my barn, and they stole my horse
F/D F/C
I can't save a dime
A#/A# F/A
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
Gm7/G C7/C
Into a life of continual crime
F F/E
I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
F/D F/C
How I wish you were here to see
A#/A# F/A
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
Gm7/G C7/C
That you have forgotten me?
F F/E
Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret
F/D F/C
They waste your nights and days
A#/A# F/A
Them I will forget
Gm7/G C7/C
But you I'll remember always
F F/E
Old memories of you to me have clung
F/D F/C
You've wounded me with your words
A#/A# F/A
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
Gm7/G C7/C
It's all true, everything you've heard
(repeat chorus)
F F/E
In you, my friend, I find no blame
F/D F/C
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
A#/A# F/A
No one can ever claim
Gm7/G C7/C
That I took up arms against you
F F/E
All across the peaceful sacred fields
F/D F/C
They will lay you low
A#/A# F/A
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
Gm7/G C7/C
I say it so it must be so
F F/E
Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue
F/D F/C
Gonna give you another chance
A#/A# F/A
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
Gm7/G C7/C
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
F F/E
I got a brand new suit and a brand new wife
F/D F/C
I can live on rice and beans
A#/A# F/A
Some people never worked a day in their life
Gm7/G C7/C
Don't know what work even means
(repeat chorus)