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