WORKING MAN’S BLUES #2
Bob Dylan
Capo 2nd fret
[G][D/f#][Em][G/d][C9][G/b][Am][D]
There's an [G] evening haze settling [D/f#] over town,
[Em] Starlight by the edge of the [G/d] creek
The [C] buying power of the prole-[G/b]-tariat's gone down,
[Am] Money's getting shallow and [D] weak
Well, the [G] place I love best is a [D/f#] sweet memory
It's a [Em] new path that we [G/d] trod
[C] They say low wages are a [G/b] reality
If we [Am] want to compete [D] abroad
[G] My cruel weapons have been [D/f#] put on the shelf
[Em] Come sit down on my [G/d] knee
You are [C] dearer to me [G/b] than myself
As [Am] you yourself can [D] see
While I'm [G] listening to the [D/f#] steel rails hum
[Em] Got both eyes tight [G/d] shut
Just [C] sitting here trying to keep the [G/b] hunger from
[Am] Creeping it's way into my [D] gut
[C] Meet me at the bottom, don't [G6/b] lag behind
[Am] Bring me my boots and [G] shoes
You can [C] hang back or fight your best [G/b] on the frontline
[Am] Sing a little bit of these [D9] workingman's [G7] blues
Well, I'm [G] sailin' on back, ready [D/f#] for the long haul
[Em] Tossed by the winds and the [G/b] seas
I'll drag 'em
[C] all
down to hell and I'll [G/b] stand 'em at the wall
I'll [Am] sell 'em to their ene-[D]-mies
I'm a-[G]-tryin' to feed my [D/f#] soul with thought
Gonna [Em] sleep off the rest of the [G/b] day
[C] Sometimes no one [G/b] wants what you got
Some-[Am]-times you can't give it a-[D]-way
Now the [G] place is ringed with [D/f#] countless foes
Some of [Em] them may be deaf and [G/b] dumb
[C] No man, no [G/b] woman knows
[Am] The hour that sorrow will [D] come
In the [G] dark I hear the [D/f#] night birds call
[Em] I can feel a lover's [G/b] breath
I [C] sleep in the kitchen with my [G/b] feet in the hall
[Am] Sleep is like a temporary [D] death
[C] Meet me at the bottom, don't [G6/b] lag behind
[Am] Bring me my boots and [G] shoes
You can [C] hang back or fight your best [G/b] on the frontline
[Am] Sing a little bit of these [D9] workingman's [G7] blues
Well, they [G] burned my barn, and they [D/f#] stole my horse
[Em] I can't save a [G/b] dime
[C] I got to be careful, I don't [G/b] want to be forced
Into a [Am] life of continual [D] crime
I can [G] see for myself that the [D/f#] sun is sinking
How I [Em] wish you were here to [G/b] see
[C] Tell me now, am I [G/b] wrong in thinking
That [Am] you have forgotten [D] me?
Now they [G] worry and they hurry and they [G/b] fuss and they fret
They [Em] waste your nights and [G/b] days
[C] Them I will for-[G/b]-get
But [Am] you I'll remember al-[D]-ways
Old [G] memories of you to [D/f#] me have clung
You've [Em] wounded me with your [G/b] words
Gonna [C] have to straighten [G/b] out your tongue
It's all [Am] true, everything you've [D] heard
[C] Meet me at the bottom, don't [G6/b] lag behind
[Am] Bring me my boots and [G] shoes
You can [C] hang back or fight your best [G/b] on the frontline
[Am] Sing a little bit of these [D9] workingman's [G7] blues
In [G] you, my friend, I [D/f#] find no blame
Wanna [Em] look in my eyes, please [G/b] do
[C] No one can [G/b] ever claim
That I [Am] took up arms against [D] you.
All [G] across the peaceful [D/f#] sacred fields
[Em] They will lay you [G/b] low
They'll [C] break your horns and [G/b] slash you with steel
[Am] I say it, so it must be [D] so
Now I'm [G] down on my luck and I'm [D/f#] black and blue
[Em] Gonna give you another [G/b] chance
[C] I'm all alone I'm [G/b] expecting you
To lead me [Am] off in a cheerful [D] dance
I got a [G] brand new suit and a [D/f#] brand new wife
[Em] I can live on rice and [G/b] beans
[C] Some people never worked a [G/b] day in their life
Don't [Am] know what work even [D] means
Well, [C] Meet me at the bottom, don't [G6/b] lag behind
[Am] Bring me my boots and [G] shoes
You can [C] hang back or fight your best [G/b] on the frontline
[Am] Sing a little bit of these [D9] workingman's [G7] blues
