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Working For The Man chords
Oh..
CHey, now you better listen to me everyone of you
We got a lotta lotta lotta lotta work to do
GForget about your woman and that water can,
today, were working for the Cman  
Coh oh Amoh oh Coh oh 2x
Well, Ampick up your feet, we've got a deadline to meet
I'm going to see you make it on time
Don't relax, I want elbows and backs
I want to see everybody from behind    
'Cause your working for the Gman, working for the Cman
you got to make him a Fhand, Gwhen you're working for the Cman 
 C    Am4x
AmWell I'm picking 'em up and I'm laying 'em down
I believe he's going to work me into the ground
I pull to the left I heave to the right
I want to kill him but it wouldn't be right
'Cause your working for the Gman, working for the Cman
you got to make him a Fhand, Gwhen you're working for the Cman
Coh oh Amoh oh Coh oh 2x
AmWell the boss man's daughter, sneaks me water
every time her daddy's down the line
she says meet me tonight, love me right
and everything is going to be fine
So I slave all day, without much pay
I'm just abiding my time
'cause the Ccompany, and the Amdaughter you see,
their Cboth going to be all Ammine
Yah, I'm going to be the Gman, going to be the Cman
Got to make him a FhandG, if you're going to be the Cman
working for the Gman, working for the Cman
Got to make him a Fhand, Gwhen you're working for the Cman
Working for the Gman, working for the Cman

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Working For The Man

by Roy Orbison

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Working For The Man chords

Oh..

Hey, now you better listen to me everyone of you

We got a lotta lotta lotta lotta work to do

Forget about your woman and that water can,

today, were working for the man

C Am C

oh oh oh oh oh oh 2x

Well, pick up your feet, we've got a deadline to meet

I'm going to see you make it on time

Don't relax, I want elbows and backs

I want to see everybody from behind

G C

'Cause your working for the man, working for the man

F G C

you got to make him a hand, when you're working for the man

C Am

Well I'm picking 'em up and I'm laying 'em down

I believe he's going to work me into the ground

I pull to the left I heave to the right

I want to kill him but it wouldn't be right

G C

'Cause your working for the man, working for the man

F G C

you got to make him a hand, when you're working for the man

C Am C

oh oh oh oh oh oh 2x

Well the boss man's daughter, sneaks me water

every time her daddy's down the line

she says meet me tonight, love me right

and everything is going to be fine

So I slave all day, without much pay

I'm just abiding my time

C Am

'cause the company, and the daughter you see,

C Am

their both going to be all mine

G C

Yah, I'm going to be the man, going to be the man

F G C

Got to make him a hand, if you're going to be the man

G C

working for the man, working for the man

F G C

Got to make him a hand, when you're working for the man

G C

Working for the man, working for the man

About Working For The Man Chords by Roy Orbison

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What key is "Working For The Man" in?

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