Working Chords
by Cock Sparrer
Working by Cock Sparrer is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verso 1:
D
I been working all day for me mate on the site
D
Running around like a blue arsed fly
G D
I been working, I been working all day for me mate
D
Every bleeding minute I been on the go
D
Up and down the ladder like a fiddler's elbow
G D
I been working, I been working all day for me mate
A
Wait for tomorrow at half past ten
G
When I sign on, but until then
D A D
I'll be working, I'll be working all day for me mate
Verso 2:
D
Aint' got no cards, don't pay no tax
D
For a score in me hand I'll be breaking me back
G D
I been working, I been working all day for me mate
D
Call me a crook, call me bent,
D
But I need more than food and rent
G D
I been working, I been working all day for me mate
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Ponte:
C D
They try to follow me every day
C D
I give 'em the slip and I'm on my way
C D
None of the other blokes think it's wrong
A
'Coz every one of 'em's signing on
Solo: 2x
E|-------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-----------10--|--------------------------|
G|--10b--10b--10b--10b--10b-10b--|--14p12p10-----|--10b--10b--10b--10b-10b--|
D|-------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|---------------|--------------------------|
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Verso 3:
D
The benefit boys are out of touch
D
What they don't know won't hurt 'em much
G D
I been working, I been working all day for me mate
D
If I'm caught I'll go down for a month or three
D
But they'll still be paying out, looking after me
G D
I been working, I been working all day for me mate
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