{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2758815,"song":"A Working Man Cant Get Nowhere Today","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2758815-a-working-man-cant-get-nowhere-today-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2758815?type=chord","rating":4.96359,"votes":19,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor years I've been busting my rear[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo make a living but it ain't made[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor years I've been trying to pay off my bills[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut they ain't paid[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI owe every dime I make, every soul I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe higher up I reach the further down I go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd this old broken back of mine is all I've got to show,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand anyway a working man can't get nowhere today[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLord, a working man can't get nowhere today[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA working man ain't got no time to play[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToday I work my fanny off and leave it lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA working man can't get nowhere today[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI pay my income tax and the government gives back[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat I got coming, Lord, but it ain't much[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI paid my child support 'cause I'm a law abiing sort[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd easy touch,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nyet I starve myself to death Trying to keep my family fed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI kEep my budget tight Trying to keep myself ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I'd still be deep in debt the day that I fall dead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat's why I say lord, a working man can't get nowhere today[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLord, a working man can't get nowhere today[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA working man ain't got no time to play[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToday I work my fanny off and leave it lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA working man can't get nowhere today[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA working man can't get nowhere today[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","A","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}