{"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":86682,"song":"Millworker","artist":"James Taylor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/86682-millworker-chords-by-james-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/86682?type=chord","rating":4.64082,"votes":126,"content":"From: sjohnson@usa.net\r\n\r\nMillworker\r\nWords and Music by James Taylor\r\n(c) 1979 Country Road Music\r\n\r\n[ch]A/D[/ch]     xx0220\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch]     xx0433\r\n[ch]Csus2[/ch]   x3x03x\r\n[ch]G6/B[/ch]    x2x03x\r\n[ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]   x1x03x\r\n[ch]A7sus4[/ch]  x02030\r\n[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   x32030\r\n[ch]C/D[/ch]     xx0010\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A/D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nNow my grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A/D[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nMy father was a farmer and I, his only daughter,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A/D[/ch]                  [ch]G/D[/ch]            [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\ntook up with a no-good millworking man from Massachusetts[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A/D[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]                   [ch]A/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwho dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]G6/B[/ch] [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A/D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nMill-work ain't easy; mill-work ain't hard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A/D[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nMill-work, it ain't nothing but an awful boring job[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A/D[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]                 [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for a day dream to take me through the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A/D[/ch]               [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]A/D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich and remember[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                     [ch]G6/B[/ch]\r\nThen it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]                 [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\r\nfor the rest of the afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the rest of my life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C/D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A/D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nNow my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A/D[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]            [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nI can see my father smiling at me, swingin' on his arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A/D[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]              [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nI can hear my grand-dad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A/D[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]A/D[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhere vessels and cargos and fortunes and sailor's lives were lost[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A/D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nYes, but it's my life has been wasted, and I have been the fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A/D[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nto let this manufacture use my body for a tool[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A/D[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]A/D[/ch]\r\nI can ride home in the evening, staring at my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A/D[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]                   [ch]A/D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nswearing by my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                        [ch]G6/B[/ch]\r\nSo may I work the mills just as long as I am able[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]                    [ch]A7sus4[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand never meet the man whose name is on the label[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                     [ch]G6/B[/ch]\r\nIt be me and my machine for the rest of the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Gm/Bb[/ch]                 [ch]A7sus4[/ch]\r\nfor the rest of the afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C/D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nand the rest of my life[/tab]","plain_text":"From: sjohnson@usa.net\n\nMillworker\nWords and Music by James Taylor\n(c) 1979 Country Road Music\n\nA/D     xx0220\nG/D     xx0433\nCsus2   x3x03x\nG6/B    x2x03x\nGm/Bb   x1x03x\nA7sus4  x02030\nCadd9   x32030\nC/D     xx0010\n\n\n[Intro]\nD C/D D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD Csus2 G6/B A7sus4\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\nC/D D C/D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]","chords":["A/D","G/D","Csus2","G6/B","Gm/Bb","A7sus4","Cadd9","C/D","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,3,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]}}}