Merle Haggard - Working man blues

^AIt's a big job gettin' by with 9 kids and a wife Yeah but I been a workin' man dang near all my life I'll keep on ^D7workin’ Long as my two hands are fit to ^Ause I ^E7drink my beer at a tavern And ^D7sing a little bit of these workin’ ma^An blues

^AWell I keep my nose on the grindstone, work hard every day Gettin’ tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay But I go back ^D7workin’, Come Monday mornin’ I'm right back with th^Ae crew I ^E7drink a little beer that evenin’, ^D7sing a little bit of these workin’ ma^An blues

^ASometimes I think about leavin’, do a little bummin’ around Throw my bills out the window catch me a train to another town But I go back ^D7workin’ I got to buy my kids a brand new pair of ^Ashoes I ^E7drink my beer at a tavern And ^D7cry a little bit of these workin’ ma^An blues

^AWell hey hey, the workin’ man, the workin’ man like me Never been on welfare, and that's one place he would not be He’d b^D7e workin’ Just as long as his two hands are fit to ^Ause Might ^E7drink a little beer at a tavern ^D7Sing a little bit of them workin’ ma^An blues