Working Man

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It's a working man l am
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And I've been down under ground
And I swear to God if ever see the 
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sun
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Or for any length of time
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I can hold it in my mind
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I never again will go down under 
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ground

[Verse 1]
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At the age of sixteen years, with 
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my father close to tears
As he vowed ne're again to send his 
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sons
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To the dark recess  of the mine, 
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where you age before your time
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And the coal dust lies heave on 
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your lungs.

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[Chorus]
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It's a working man l am
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And I've been down under ground
And I swear to God if ever see the 
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sun
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Or for any length of time
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I can hold it in my mind
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I never again will go down under 
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ground

[Verse 1]


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At the age of sixty five, I pray 
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to God I'm still alive,
And the wheels above the mines no 
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longer whine,
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And they finally close the hole, 
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where for years we clawed for coal,
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And never again will we go down 
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underground

[Chorus]
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It's a working man l am
         D               A
And I've been down under ground
And I swear to God if ever see the 
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sun
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Or for any length of time
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I can hold it in my mind
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I never again will go down under 
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ground