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Something More Than Free
By: Jason Isbell
[Verse 1]
GWhen I get home from work
I'll Ccall up all Gmy friends
And D/F#we'll go Embust up something Cbeautiful
GWe'll have to build again
GWhen I get home from work
I'll Cwrestle off my Gclothes
And D/F#leave em Emright inside the fCront door
Cause Gnobody's home to know
[Pre-Chorus]
You see a Dhammer finds a nail
And a Cfreight train needs the rGails
And I'm Ddoing what I'm on this earth  Amto do
[Chorus]
And I don't Emthink on why DI'm here or where it hurtsC  
I'm just lucky to have the EmworkD  C  
Sunday Emmorning I'm toDo tired to go to cChurch
But I thank God for the EmworkD  C  G  G  
[Verse 2]
GWhen I get my reward
My Cwork will all be dGone
And D/F#I will sEmit back in my cChair beside
The GFather and the Son 
GNo more holes to fill
And Cno more rocks to bGreak
And D/F#no more Emloading boxes oCnto trucks
For sGomeone else's sake 
[Pre-Chorus]
DCause a hammer needs a nail
And the Cpoor man's up for sGale
Guess I'm Ddoing what I'm on this earth to Amdo
[Chorus]
I don't Emthink on why DI'm here or where it hurtsC  
I'm just lucky to have the EmworkD  C  
And every Emnight I dream I'm Ddrowning in the dCirt
But I thank God for the wEmorkD  C  
[Bridge]
And Dthe day will come
When I'll find a C/Ereason
And somebody D/F#proud to love a man like C/Gme
My back is D/Anumb
My hands are Cfreezing
What I'm Dworking for is something more than Cfree
[Chorus]
And I don't Emthink on why DI'm here or where it hurtsC  
I'm just lucky to have the EmworkD  C  
Sunday Emmorning I'm Dtoo tired to go to cChurch
But I thank God for the EmworkD  C  
I thank God for the wGorkGsus  G  Gsus  G  Gsus  G  Gsus  G  

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Something More Than Free

by Jason Isbell

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D/F#

C/E

C/G

D/A

Gsus

Something More Than Free

By: Jason Isbell

[Verse 1]

When I get home from work

C G

I'll call up all my friends

D/F# Em C

And we'll go bust up something beautiful

We'll have to build again

When I get home from work

C G

I'll wrestle off my clothes

D/F# Em C

And leave em right inside the front door

Cause nobody's home to know

[Pre-Chorus]

You see a hammer finds a nail

C G

And a freight train needs the rails

D Am

And I'm doing what I'm on this earth to do

[Chorus]

Em D C

And I don't think on why I'm here or where it hurts

Em D C

I'm just lucky to have the work

Em D C

Sunday morning I'm too tired to go to church

Em D C G G

But I thank God for the work

[Verse 2]

When I get my reward

C G

My work will all be done

D/F# Em C

And I will sit back in my chair beside

The Father and the Son

No more holes to fill

C G

And no more rocks to break

D/F# Em C

And no more loading boxes onto trucks

For someone else's sake

[Pre-Chorus]

Cause a hammer needs a nail

C G

And the poor man's up for sale

D Am

Guess I'm doing what I'm on this earth to do

[Chorus]

Em D C

I don't think on why I'm here or where it hurts

Em D C

I'm just lucky to have the work

Em D C

And every night I dream I'm drowning in the dirt

Em D C

But I thank God for the work

[Bridge]

And the day will come

C/E

When I'll find a reason

D/F# C/G

And somebody proud to love a man like me

D/A

My back is numb

My hands are freezing

D C

What I'm working for is something more than free

[Chorus]

Em D C

And I don't think on why I'm here or where it hurts

Em D C

I'm just lucky to have the work

Em D C

Sunday morning I'm too tired to go to church

Em D C

But I thank God for the work

G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G

I thank God for the work

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