Workingmans Blues 2

           G            D/F#
There's an evenin' haze settlin' 
over town
Em                           Bm
Starlight by the edge of the creek
    C                  
The buyin' power of the 
      G
proletariat's gone down
Am                          D
Money's gettin' shallow and weak
          G                      
Well, the place I love best is a 
D/F#
sweet memory
       Em                    Bm
It's a new path that we trod
         C                    G
They say low wages are a reality
      Am                     D
If we want to compete abroad
G                          D/F#
My cruel weapons have been put on 
the shelf
     Em             Bm
Come sit down on my knee
        C                   G
You are dearer to me than myself
   Am                   D
As you yourself can see
          G                      
While I'm listening to the steel 
D/F#
rails hum
Em                  Bm
Got both eyes tight shut
     C                             
Just sitting here trying to keep 
  G
the hunger from
Am                        D
Creeping it's way into my gut

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C                            G
Meet me at the bottom, don't lag 
behind
Am                    D
Bring me my boots and shoes
        C                          
You can hang back or fight your 
  G
best on the frontline
Am                       
Sing a little bit of these 
  D
workingman's blues


Well, I'm sailin' on back, ready for
 the long haul
Tossed by the winds and the seas
I'll drag 'em all down to hell and 
I'll stand 'em at the wall
I'll sell 'em to their enemies
I'm tryin' to feed my soul with 
thought
Gonna sleep off the rest of the day
Sometimes no one wants what we got
Sometimes you can't give it away

Now the place is ringed with 
countless foes
Some of them may be deaf and dumb
No man, no woman knows
The hour that sorrow will come
In the dark I hear the night birds 
call
I can feel a lover's breath
I sleep in the kitchen with my feet 
in the hall
Sleep is like a temporary death

(repeat chorus)

Well, they burned my barn, and they 
stole my horse
I can't save a dime
I got to be careful, I don't want to
 be forced
Into a life of continual crime
I can see for myself that the sun is
 sinking
How I wish you were here to see
Tell me now, am I wrong in thinking
That you have forgotten me?

Now they worry and they hurry and 
they fuss and they fret
They waste your nights and days
Them I will forget
But you I'll remember always
Old memories of you to me have clung
You've wounded me with your words
Gonna have to straighten out your 
tongue
It's all true, everything you've 
heard

(repeat chorus)

In you, my friend, I find no blame
Wanna look in my eyes, please do
No one can ever claim
That I took up arms against you
All across the peaceful sacred 
fields
They will lay you low
They'll break your horns and slash 
you with steel
I say it so it must be so

Now I'm down on my luck and I'm 
black and blue
Gonna give you another chance
I'm all alone and I'm expecting you
To lead me off in a cheerful dance
I got a brand new suit and a brand 
new wife
I can live on rice and beans
Some people never worked a day in 
their life
Don't know what work even means