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Verse
[Em]
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[B7]
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[Em]
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[A]
[Em]
VERSE:
I?ve worked my [Em]fingers to the bone
Not a pretty little penny have I got to show
I ain?t looking for much
Just a little bit of rest by the side of the roa[B7]d
I lift my [Em]voice to the forces above
the Lords of [A]labor and the Goddess of love
Ain?t I been a [Em]good, hard [B7]working
Faithful, servant and [Em7]son
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BRIDGE:
[Em] [G/F#] [G]
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BRIDGE
then the [Em]sky turns [G/F#]black
and it [G]cracks with a thundering voice
work is what you [Em]are when you?re breathing in and [G/F#]out
til your final [G]breath falls to the floor
CHORUS:
[Em] [A]
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[A]
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[B7]
[Em]so swing down that s[A]ledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
[Em]and get up off the ground
you can lay d[A]own when the day is done
and on the s[B7]eventh day you can lay in the morning su[Em7]n
VERSE:
I want to make my [Em]home on a mountain high
just me and my lover and the big old sky
I ain?t asking for much
just a little bit of rest before the day that I d[B7]ie
I lift my v[Em]oice to the forces above
the Lords of [A]labor and the Goddess of love
ain?t I been a [Em]good, hard [B]working
faithful servant and s[Em7]on
BRIDGE:
then the [Em]sky turns [G/F#]black
and it [G]cracks with a thundering voice
work is what you [Em]are when you?re breathing in and [G/F#]out
til your final [G]breath falls to the floor
CHORUS (x2)
[Em]so swing down that s[A]ledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over f[Em]lesh oughtta do you good
and get up off the ground
you can lay d[A]own when the day is done
and on the s[B7]eventh day you can lay in the morning su[Em]n
e|----------------0--------0h2--0------------0-----|
G|-------0-----3-----0-------------0---3-----------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------2-----------2-------------2---------------| (x3)
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------3-----------0-----------3-----2-----|
e|-------------------0-----------------------------|
B|-------0-----3-----------0-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------2-----0-----------|
D|-------2-----------2-----------------------4-----| (x1)
A|-------------------------------0-----------------|
E|-0-----------3-----------0-----------3-----2-----|
Verse
[Em]
e|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
B|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
D|-------------------------------------------0-----| (x3)
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------3-----------0-----------3-----2-----|
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[B7]
e|-------2--------2-----2--------------------------|
B|-------0--------0-----0--------------------------|
G|-------2--------2-----2--------------------------|
D|-------------------1-----------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-----------2-----0-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------3-----2-----|
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[Em]
e|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
B|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
G|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
D|-------------------2-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----------3-----------0-----------3-----2-----|
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[A]
e|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
B|-------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----0--|
G|-------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----0--|
D|-------------------2-----------------------2-----|
A|-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
[Em]
e|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
B|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
G|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
D|-------------------2-----------------------2-----|
A|-------------------------2-----------2-----------|
E|-0-----------3-----------------------------------|
VERSE:
I?ve worked my [Em]fingers to the bone
Not a pretty little penny have I got to show
I ain?t looking for much
Just a little bit of rest by the side of the roa[B7]d
I lift my [Em]voice to the forces above
the Lords of [A]labor and the Goddess of love
Ain?t I been a [Em]good, hard [B7]working
Faithful, servant and [Em7]son
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------2--0-------|
E|-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--------3--2-|
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BRIDGE:
[Em] [G/F#] [G]
e|----0-----0-----3-----3-----3-----3-------------|
B|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--0----------|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2--0----|
D|----------------------------------------------4-| (x3)
A|-------------------------------------2--0-------|
E|-0-----0-----2-----2-----3-----3-----------3--2-|
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BRIDGE
then the [Em]sky turns [G/F#]black
and it [G]cracks with a thundering voice
work is what you [Em]are when you?re breathing in and [G/F#]out
til your final [G]breath falls to the floor
CHORUS:
[Em] [A]
e|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
B|----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------0-----0-----0-----0----|
E|-0-----0-----0-----3----------------------------|
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[A]
e|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
B|----2-----2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
G|----2-----2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
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[B7]
e|-------2--------2-----2--------------------------|
B|-------0--------0-----0--------------------------|
G|-------2--------2-----2--------------------------|
D|-------------------1-----------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-----------2-----0-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------3-----2-----|
[Em]so swing down that s[A]ledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
[Em]and get up off the ground
you can lay d[A]own when the day is done
and on the s[B7]eventh day you can lay in the morning su[Em7]n
VERSE:
I want to make my [Em]home on a mountain high
just me and my lover and the big old sky
I ain?t asking for much
just a little bit of rest before the day that I d[B7]ie
I lift my v[Em]oice to the forces above
the Lords of [A]labor and the Goddess of love
ain?t I been a [Em]good, hard [B]working
faithful servant and s[Em7]on
BRIDGE:
then the [Em]sky turns [G/F#]black
and it [G]cracks with a thundering voice
work is what you [Em]are when you?re breathing in and [G/F#]out
til your final [G]breath falls to the floor
CHORUS (x2)
[Em]so swing down that s[A]ledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over f[Em]lesh oughtta do you good
and get up off the ground
you can lay d[A]own when the day is done
and on the s[B7]eventh day you can lay in the morning su[Em]n