C C/B C/A C/G F/F G/B(pinky on the D) D/Dm7 G/G7
C C/B
There's an evenin' haze settlin' over town
C/A C/G
Starlight by the edge of the creek
F/F C/E
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Dm7/D G7/G
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
C C/B
Well, the place I love best is a sweet memory
C/A C/G
It's a new path that we trod
F/F E/G
They say low wages are a reality
D/Dm7 G/G7
If we want to compete abroad
C C/B
My cruel weapons have been put on the shelf
C/A C/G
Come sit down on my knee
F/F C/E
You are dearer to me than myself
Dm7/D G7/G
As you yourself can see
C C/B
While I'm listening to the steel rails hum
C/A C/G
Got both eyes tight shut
F/F C/E
Just sitting here trying to keep the hunger from
Dm7/D G7/G
Creeping it's way into my gut
Chorus:
F C
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag behind
Dm C
Bring me my boots and shoes
F C
You can hang back or fight your best on the frontline
Dm G7 C
Sing a little bit of these workingman's blues
C C/B
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/E
I'll drag 'em all down to hell and I'll stand 'em at the wall
Dm7/D G7/G
I'll sell 'em to their enemies
C C/B
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with thought
C/A C/G
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
F/F C/E
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Dm7/D G7/G
Sometimes you can't give it away
C C/B
Now the place is ringed with countless foes
C/A C/G
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
F/F C/E
No man, no woman knows
Dm7/D G7/G
The hour that sorrow will come
C C/B
In the dark I hear the night birds call
C/A C/G
I can feel a lover's breath
F/F C/E
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet in the hall
Dm7/D G7/G
Sleep is like a temporary death
(repeat chorus)
C C/B
Well, they burned my barn, and they stole my horse
C/A C/G
I can't save a dime
F/F C/E
I got to be careful, I don't want to be forced
Dm7/D G7/G
Into a life of continual crime
C C/B
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/E
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
Dm7/D G7/G
That you have forgotten me?
C C/B
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/E
Them I will forget
Dm7/D G7/G
But you I'll remember always
C C/B
Old memories of you to me have clung
C/A C/G
You've wounded me with your words
F/F C/E
Gonna have to straighten out your tongue
Dm7/D G7/G
It's all true, everything you've heard
(repeat chorus)
C C/B
In you, my friend, I find no blame
C/A C/G
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
F/F C/E
No one can ever claim
Dm7/D G7/G
That I took up arms against you
C C/B
All across the peaceful sacred fields
C/A C/G
They will lay you low
F/F C/E
They'll break your horns and slash you with steel
Dm7/D G7/G
I say it so it must be so
C C/B
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/E
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
Dm7/D G7/G
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
C C/B
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/E
Some people never worked a day in their life
Dm7/D G7/G
Don't know what work even means
(repeat chorus)