Merle Haggard
Workin Man blues

Song :
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Intro :
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It's a big job gettin' by with 9 kids and a wife
 
Yeah but I been a workin' man dang near all my life
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I'll keep on workin’
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Long as my two hands are fit to use
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I drink my beer at a tavern
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And sing a little bit of these workin’ man blues
 
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Well I keep my nose on the grindstone, work hard every day
 
Gettin’ tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
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But I go back workin’,
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Come Monday mornin’ I'm right back with the crew
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I drink a little beer that evenin’,
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And sing a little bit of these workin’ man blues
 
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Sometimes I think about leavin’, do a little bummin’ around
 
Throw my bills out the window catch me a train to another town
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But I go back workin’
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I got to buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
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I drink my beer at a tavern
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And cry a little bit of these workin’ man blues
 
 
Instrumental solo :
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Well hey hey, the workin’ man, the workin’ man like me
 
Never been on welfare, and that's one place he would not be
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He’d be workin’
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Just as long as his two hands are fit to use
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Might drink a little beer at a tavern
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And sing a little bit of them workin’ man blues