D D/C# D/B D/A G/G G/B(pinky on the D) E/Em7 A/A7
D D/C#
There's an evenin' haze settlin' over town
D/B D/A
Starlight by the edge of the creek
G/G D/F#
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Em7/E A7/A
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
D D/C#
Well, the place I love best is a sweet memory
D/B D/A
It's a new path that we trod
G/G F#/A
They say low wages are a reality
E/Em7 A/A7
If we want to compete abroad
D D/C#
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
D/B D/A
Come sit down on my knee
G/G D/F#
You are dearer to me than myself
Em7/E A7/A
As you yourself can see
D D/C#
While I'm listening to the steel rails hum
D/B D/A
Got both eyes tight shut
G/G D/F#
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Em7/E A7/A
Creeping it's way into my gut
Chorus:
G D
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Em D
Bring me my boots and shoes
G D
You can hang back or fight your best on the frontline
Em A7 D
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
D D/C#
Well, I'm sailin' on back, ready for the long haul
D/B D/A
Tossed by the winds and the seas
G/G D/F#
I'll drag 'em all down to hell and I'll stand 'em at the wall
Em7/E A7/A
I'll sell 'em to their enemies
D D/C#
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with thought
D/B D/A
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
G/G D/F#
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Em7/E A7/A
Sometimes you can't give it away
D D/C#
Now the place is ringed with countless foes
D/B D/A
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
G/G D/F#
No man, no woman knows
Em7/E A7/A
The hour that sorrow will come
D D/C#
In the dark I hear the night birds call
D/B D/A
I can feel a lover's breath
G/G D/F#
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Em7/E A7/A
Sleep is like a temporary death
(repeat chorus)
D D/C#
Well, they burned my barn, and they stole my horse
D/B D/A
I can't save a dime
G/G D/F#
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
Em7/E A7/A
Into a life of continual crime
D D/C#
I can see for myself that the sun is sinking
D/B D/A
How I wish you were here to see
G/G D/F#
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
Em7/E A7/A
That you have forgotten me?
D D/C#
Now they worry and they hurry and they fuss and they fret
D/B D/A
They waste your nights and days
G/G D/F#
Them I will forget
Em7/E A7/A
But you I'll remember always
D D/C#
Old memories of you to me have clung
D/B D/A
You've wounded me with your words
G/G D/F#
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
Em7/E A7/A
It's all true, everything you've heard
(repeat chorus)
D D/C#
In you, my friend, I find no blame
D/B D/A
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
G/G D/F#
No one can ever claim
Em7/E A7/A
That I took up arms against you
D D/C#
All across the peaceful sacred fields
D/B D/A
They will lay you low
G/G D/F#
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
Em7/E A7/A
I say it so it must be so
D D/C#
Now I'm down on my luck and I'm black and blue
D/B D/A
Gonna give you another chance
G/G D/F#
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
Em7/E A7/A
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
D D/C#
I got a brand new suit and a brand new wife
D/B D/A
I can live on rice and beans
G/G D/F#
Some people never worked a day in their life
Em7/E A7/A
Don't know what work even means
(repeat chorus)