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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1997067,"song":"What Work Is","artist":"Tom Russell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11446583-what-work-is-chords-by-tom-russell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1997067?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Tom Russell - What Work Is\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   x4\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  Yeah, I used to work with a guy named Frankie Acosta[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  We were butter strippers down at the Challenge Creamery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  Strippin' the cardboard off seventy pound cubes of butter, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nIt was hot back then, summer of nineteen sixty-three[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   And Frankie, man, he'd get so angry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'd say, \"See what the women make me do\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Then he'd break off a splinter from a dirty wooden pallet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd stick it like a knife in one of them big old butter cubes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat's what work is[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's what love is[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA little pleasure and a little misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Now every time it gets hard out here[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think of L.A. back in nineteen sixty-three[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHey, hey[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                 [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  Then I got a job working for the city of Inglewood[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nRunnin' the chipper, chippin' limbs off of trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  I worked with a guy named Crazy Dave Macklin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  And one day he almost ran a tractor over me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   We were out choppin' weeds near South Central[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  When the riots broke out and the skies turned fiery red and brown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   And I called up my girlfriend on a payphone and said \"Baby, I love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut, ah, I think God's gonna finally burn Gomorra down[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe said\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat's what work is[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's what love is[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou build a house of straw and the flames lick the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Now every time I fall in love out here[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think of L.A. back in nineteen sixty-five[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]  | [ch]Am[/ch]  |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  I finally got a job drivin' a rose truck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  Santa Barbara, midnight, to L.A., Fifth and Main[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n  All jacked up on coffee, cheap speed and doughnuts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n Walkin' around the L.A. Flower Market in the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   And every morning I'd eat breakfast at The Pantry down on Figueroa[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  The waiters were always old time, ex-cons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Then we'd load the truck back up with empty rose boxes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd drive on up the coast through the California dawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat's what work is[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's what love is[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo eggs over easy on a T-bone steak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Every time I see the sunrise on the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think of L.A. back in nineteen sixty-eight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat's what work is[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's what love is[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA little pleasure and a little misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Now every time it gets hard out here[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think of L.A. back in nineteen sixty-three[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n      I used to work with a guy named Frankie Acosta[/tab]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"Tom Russell - What Work Is\n\n\n[Intro]\nC   Fmaj7   x4\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\nShe said\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n| Am  | F   | Am  | G   |\n| F G | Am  | C   | G   |\n| Am  | Am  |\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nAm","chords":["C","Fmaj7","Am","F","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}