Work Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]One,[C] two[Am], three, seventeen, three,
[Eb]eighteen, and then [Am]more
When you take one step you take fifty

[Verse 2]
foot two feet, your break is over
[Am]Daddy said, son I'm going
to [A]send you up the river
Son said, daddy gonna
[Am]send [Eb]me up today
[A]Gotta leave home,
'cause I sure am a sinner
Gotta get to work,
gotta work my life [Eb]away
How [Dm]long [C]is, this [Dm]life [C]of [Am]mine?

[Interlude 1]
[Am][C][Am]

[Verse 3]
Daddy said, [A]son I'm gonna
send you up the river
Boy, you're just another poor
man standing in a [Eb]line
[A]Working life is hard,
but it buys a man his dinner
Ya' gotta get to work,
gotta make it on [Eb]time
[Am]Gotta [A]get to work before
the baby [Am]starts to [Eb]cry
How [Dm]long [C]is, this [Dm]life [C]of [Am]mine?
How [Dm]long [C]is, this [Am]life
[C]of [Am]mine?

[Verse 4]
Dreamer
Jiggy
Rowdy
Always
Sleepless night[A]s
[Am]Just [C]drive away

[Verse 5]
[B]
[Bb]These life[Am]less limbs[A]
[Am]Bring [B]a l[C]ittle p[Cm]ain
[Dm]How long[C] is, this life[Dm] of mi[C]ne[Am]?
How [Dm]long [Cm]is, t[C]his [Dm]life o[C]f [Am]mine?

[Interlude 2]
[Am][Dm][Am]
[C]
[Am][Dm][Am]
[C][Am]
[C][Am][Dm][C][Am]

[Verse 6]
[Am]Daddy said, [A]son I'm gonna
send you up the river
Son said, daddy [Am]gonna
send me up [Eb]today
[Am]Gotta leave home but I
[A]know that I'm a sinner
[Am]Gotta get to work,
gotta work my life [Eb]away
How [Dm]long is, this [C]lif[Am]e of mine?
[Dm]How long i[C]s, this [Am]life
[C]of [Am]mine?

[Outro 1]
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