Working Man Chords

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Working Man by Rita Macneil is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords D, G, A, Asus4 and Dsus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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F
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verse 1 

       D                           G                  D 
It's a Working Man I am, and I've been down under - ground, and 
                                   A  Asus4  A 
I swear to God, if I ever see the sun, 
        D                         G            D 
Or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind, 
                   A                 D   Dsus4   D 
I never again will go down under - ground. 

verse 2 

      D                             G                D 
At the age of sixteen years, oh he quarrels with his peers, 
                                    A  Asus4  A 
Who vowed they'd never see another one, 
         D                                G                D 
In the dark recess of the mine, Where you age before your time, and 
     D               A             D   Dsus4   D 
The coal dust lies heavy on your lungs. 




       D                           G                 D 
It's a Working Man I am, and I've been down under - ground, and 
                                   A   Asus4  A 
I swear to God, if I ever see the sun, 
       D                          G             D 
Or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind, 
                   A                  D   Dsus4  D 
I never again will go down under - ground. 

verse 3 

        D                           G                 D 
At the age of sixty four, Old will greet you at the door, and 
                              A   Asus4   A 
He'll gently lead you by the arm, 
              D                               G                  D 
Through the dark recess of the mine, Old will take you back in time, and                  
                                                                  D                      
A                    D    Dsus4  D 
He'll tell you of the hardships that were had. 



  D                           G                 D 
It's a Working Man I am, and I've been down under - ground, and 
                                   A   Asus4  A 
I swear to God, if I ever see the sun, 
       D                          G             D 
Or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind, 
                   A                  D   Dsus4   D 
I never again will go down under - ground.



  D                           G                 D 
It's a Working Man I am, and I've been down under - ground, and 
                                   A   Asus4  A 
I swear to God, if I ever see the sun, 
       D                          G             D 
Or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind, 
                   A                  D   Dsus4   D 
I never again will go down under - ground. 

 

  D                           G                 D 
It's a Working Man I am, and I've been down under - ground, and 
                                   A   Asus4  A 
I swear to God, if I ever see the sun, 
       D                          G             D 
Or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind, 
                   A                  D   Dsus4   D 
I never again will go down under - ground. 
                   A                  G   D    Dsus4   D 
I never again will go down under - ground. 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante