Backbone Job

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[Verse 1]
G                         
Well I'm not lookin' for an 
             C               G
occupation I just wanna go home
They're holdin me a ticket at the 
                  C               G
greyhound station I'm still payin on
  C                G        
I never learned to sell folks 
            C                      
nothin' I wasn't raised to steal or
   D7
 rob
                  G           F D  G
I'm lookin' for a backbone job

[Chorus]
      C
I can pick and shovel I can hang 
drywall
        G                       
Swing a nine pound hammer pull a 
 D         G
cross-cut saw
  C
A post-hole digger or barbwire 
strand
  A7                        C
I don't mind work but I'm a backbone
 man

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[Solo]
| C G | G | G C | C G |

| G | G | G | A7 | C |

| C | G |

[Verse 2]
G                              
I'm not dumb but I ain't been to 
            C                     G
college I never got the first degree
And now-a-days everybody's makin a 
       C                G
livin' tappin on the TV screen
    C             G               
Now I'm down on a man's white 
   C                    D7
collar I don't mean to be a snob
                         G       
I'm just a-lookin' for a backbone 
    F D G
job

[Chorus]
      C
I can pick and shovel I can hang 
drywall
        G                       
Swing a nine pound hammer pull a 
 D         G
cross-cut saw
  C
A post-hole digger or barbwire 
strand
  A7                        C
I don't mind work but I'm a backbone
 man

[Verse 1]
G                         
Well I'm not lookin' for an 
             C               G
occupation I just wanna go home
They're holdin me a ticket at the 
                  C               G
greyhound station I'm still payin on
  C                G        
I never learned to sell folks 
            C                      
nothin' I wasn't raised to steal or
   D7
 rob
                  G           F D  G
I'm lookin' for a backbone job

[Otro]
D7                 G            F
Just lookin' for a backbone job
 D  G

D7                G             F
I'm lookin' for a backbone job
 D  G