Recorded by Merle Haggard
Intro: Guitar intro followed by 4 bars in A
| F# |
| It's a big job just getting by with nine kids and a wife |
| But I've been a working man dang near all my life |
| B | F# | |
| I'll be | working long as my two hands are fit to | use |
| C#7 | |
| I'll | drink my beer in a tavern |
| B | F# | |
| S | ing a little bit of these working man | blues |
| F# | |
| I keep my n | ose on the grindstone I work hard every day |
| Might get a little tired on the weekend after I draw my pay |
| B | |
| But I'll go back | working come Monday morning |
| F# | |
| I'm right back with the | crew |
| C#7 | |
| I'll | drink a little beer that evening |
| B | F# | |
| S | ing a little bit of these working man | blues |
| F# | |
| Some | times I think about leaving do a little bumming around |
| I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town |
| B | F# | |
| But I go back | working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of | shoes |
| C#7 | |
| Yeah | drink a little beer in a tavern |
| B | F# | |
| C | ry a little bit of these working man | blues |
| F# | |
| Well Hey h | ey the working man the working man like me |
| I ain't never been on welfare that's one place I won't be |
| B | F# | |
| Cause I'll be | working long as my two hands are fit to | use |
| C#7 | |
| I | drink a little beer in a tavern |
| B | F# | |
| S | ing a little bit of these working man | blues |
| F# | |
| Some | times I think about leaving do a little bumming around |
| I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town |
| B | F# | |
| But I go back | working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of | shoes |
| C#7 | |
| Yeah | drink a little beer in a tavern |
| B | F# | |
| C | ry a little bit of these working man | blues |
| C#7 | |
| Yeah | drink a little beer in a tavern |
| B | F# | |
| C | ry a little bit of these working man | blues |
| C# | B | F# |