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<\/a> LISTEN ON YOUTUBE<\/span><\/p>\n

by Merle Haggard<\/code><\/p>\n

[Verse 1]\r\n<\/span>[C] It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife\r\n<\/span><\/span>But, I been a workin' man dang near all my life\r\n<\/span>And I'll keep on [F] workin\u2019 \r\nlong as my two hands are fit to [C] use\r\n<\/span><\/span>I [G] drink my beer at a tavern\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [F] sing a little bit of these workin\u2019 man [C] blues\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n<\/span>[C] I keep my nose on the grindstone, work hard every day\r\n<\/span><\/span>I might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay\r\n<\/span>Gotta' go back [F] workin, \r\ncome Monday morning I'm right back with the [C] crew\r\n<\/span><\/span>I [G] drink a little beer that evening\r\n<\/span><\/span>And [F] sing a little bit of these workin\u2019 man [C] blues <\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n<\/span>[C] Sometimes I think about leaving', do a little bummin' around\r\n<\/span><\/span>I wanna throw my bills out the window, catch a train to another town\r\n<\/span>I'll go back [F] workin', \r\nI gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of [C] shoes\r\n<\/span><\/span>I [G] drink a little beer that evening\r\n<\/span><\/span>[F] Cry a little bit of these workin\u2019 man [C] blues<\/span><\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n<\/span>[C] Well hey, hey, the workin' man, workin' man like me\r\n<\/span><\/span>I ain't never been on welfare, and that's one place I won't be\r\n<\/span>'Cause I'll keep [F] workin', \r\nlong as my two hands are fit to [C] use\r\n<\/span><\/span>I [G] drink a little beer that evening\r\nAnd [F] sing a little bit of these workin\u2019 man [C] blues <\/span><\/span> \r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LISTEN ON YOUTUBE by Merle Haggard [Verse 1] [C] It’s a big job just gettin’ by with nine kids and a wife But, I been a workin’ man dang near all my life And I’ll keep on [F] workin\u2019 long as my two hands are fit to [C] use I … CLICK TO VIEW SONGWorkin’ Man Blues<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-country-western"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}