Workin' Man Blues Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays387

Workin' Man Blues by Merle Haggard is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A7, A, D7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
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16
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  			Intro:	A7 (8 bars)

Verse1: A
        It's a big job just gettin' by with 9 kids and a wife

        I been a workin' man dang near all my life
                D7
        I'll be working
                                        A
        long as my two hands are fit to use
             E7
        I'll drink my beer in a tavern,
        D7                                      A
        sing a little bit of these working man blues


Verse2: I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day
        might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
        but I'll go back workin,
        come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
        I'll drink a little beer that evening,
        sing a little bit of these working man blues

Verse3: Hey hey, the working man, the working man like me
        I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
        cause I'll be working
        long as my two hands are fit to use
        I drink a little beer in a tavern
        sing a little bit of these working man blues

        SOLO - one verse

Verse4: Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin around
        I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
        but I go back working
        I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
        yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
        cry a little bit of these working man blues

        VERSE3

        yeah drink a little beer in a tavern,
        cry a little bit of these working man blues
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante