D# D#/D D#/C D#/A# G#/G# G/B(pinky on the D) F/Fm7 A#/A#7
D# D#/D
There's an evenin' haze settlin' over town
D#/C D#/A#
Starlight by the edge of the creek
G#/G# D#/G
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Fm7/F A#7/A#
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
D# D#/D
Well, the place I love best is a sweet memory
D#/C D#/A#
It's a new path that we trod
G#/G# G/A#
They say low wages are a reality
F/Fm7 A#/A#7
If we want to compete abroad
D# D#/D
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
D#/C D#/A#
Come sit down on my knee
G#/G# D#/G
You are dearer to me than myself
Fm7/F A#7/A#
As you yourself can see
D# D#/D
While I'm listening to the steel rails hum
D#/C D#/A#
Got both eyes tight shut
G#/G# D#/G
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Fm7/F A#7/A#
Creeping it's way into my gut
Chorus:
G# D#
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Fm D#
Bring me my boots and shoes
G# D#
You can hang back or fight your best on the frontline
Fm A#7 D#
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
D# D#/D
Well, I'm sailin' on back, ready for the long haul
D#/C D#/A#
Tossed by the winds and the seas
G#/G# D#/G
I'll drag 'em all down to hell and I'll stand 'em at the wall
Fm7/F A#7/A#
I'll sell 'em to their enemies
D# D#/D
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with thought
D#/C D#/A#
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
G#/G# D#/G
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Fm7/F A#7/A#
Sometimes you can't give it away
D# D#/D
Now the place is ringed with countless foes
D#/C D#/A#
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
G#/G# D#/G
No man, no woman knows
Fm7/F A#7/A#
The hour that sorrow will come
D# D#/D
In the dark I hear the night birds call
D#/C D#/A#
I can feel a lover's breath
G#/G# D#/G
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Fm7/F A#7/A#
Sleep is like a temporary death
(repeat chorus)
D# D#/D
Well, they burned my barn, and they stole my horse
D#/C D#/A#
I can't save a dime
G#/G# D#/G
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
Fm7/F A#7/A#
Into a life of continual crime
D# D#/D
I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
D#/C D#/A#
How I wish you were here to see
G#/G# D#/G
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
Fm7/F A#7/A#
That you have forgotten me?
D# D#/D
Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret
D#/C D#/A#
They waste your nights and days
G#/G# D#/G
Them I will forget
Fm7/F A#7/A#
But you I'll remember always
D# D#/D
Old memories of you to me have clung
D#/C D#/A#
You've wounded me with your words
G#/G# D#/G
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
Fm7/F A#7/A#
It's all true, everything you've heard
(repeat chorus)
D# D#/D
In you, my friend, I find no blame
D#/C D#/A#
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
G#/G# D#/G
No one can ever claim
Fm7/F A#7/A#
That I took up arms against you
D# D#/D
All across the peaceful sacred fields
D#/C D#/A#
They will lay you low
G#/G# D#/G
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
Fm7/F A#7/A#
I say it so it must be so
D# D#/D
Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue
D#/C D#/A#
Gonna give you another chance
G#/G# D#/G
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
Fm7/F A#7/A#
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
D# D#/D
I got a brand new suit and a brand new wife
D#/C D#/A#
I can live on rice and beans
G#/G# D#/G
Some people never worked a day in their life
Fm7/F A#7/A#
Don't know what work even means
(repeat chorus)