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God Is A Working Man

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[Verse 1]
I need a Dwhole new set of problems
Said the Gpreacher to the thief
I've seen Dnothing here but miracles
And it's Eshaking my Abelief
And if Deverything's a miracle
The Gsaints are just a mob
And the Dman who works the wonders is just Atrying to do his Djob
[Chorus 1]
Hail to the Gworking man, my son
Up there Dtrying to get it done
When Aevery horse needs water and Devery weed needs D7sun
Hail to the Gworking man, my friend
He won't Dclock out til the end
When Devery saint and Asinner's race is GrunD  
[Verse 2]
My Dgrandpa was a preacher
The GPentecostal kind
And they Dtake the lord so seriously you'd Ethink they'd lost their Aminds
They Dpray out loud, speak in tongues
And Gsome might take up snakes
But my Dgrandpa was a working man
And he Anever took a Dbreak
[Chorus 2]
Hail to the Gworking man like pop
Never Dsaw him drink a drop
He Aknew what I was up to, but he Ddidn't call the D7cops
Hail to the Gworking man on high
Give us Dplenty fish to fry
He might Djudge you but he'll Anever make you GstopD  
[Solo]
(play verse chords)
 D      G     D    E   A    D     G     D      A   D
[Verse 3]
Well I've Dstood on every corner
Said the Gthief for his reply
And I've Dnever seen a miracle
Not Eone I've recognAized
But Dway up in the northland
Where the Gweather goes berserk
And the Dsun stays up til midnight, boy
There's Aplenty time to Dwork
[Chorus 1]
Hail to the Gworking man, my son
Up there Dtrying to get it done
When Aevery horse needs water and Devery weed needs D7sun
Hail to the Gworking man, my friend
He won't Dclock out till the end
When Devery saint and Asinners race Gis runD  
When Devery saint and Asinners race Gis runD  

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God Is A Working Man

by Jason Isbell

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[Verse 1]

I need a whole new set of problems

Said the preacher to the thief

I've seen nothing here but miracles

E A

And it's shaking my belief

And if everything's a miracle

The saints are just a mob

D A D

And the man who works the wonders is just trying to do his job

[Chorus 1]

Hail to the working man, my son

Up there trying to get it done

A D D7

When every horse needs water and every weed needs sun

Hail to the working man, my friend

He won't clock out til the end

D A G D

When every saint and sinner's race is run

[Verse 2]

My grandpa was a preacher

The Pentecostal kind

D E A

And they take the lord so seriously you'd think they'd lost their minds

They pray out loud, speak in tongues

And some might take up snakes

But my grandpa was a working man

A D

And he never took a break

[Chorus 2]

Hail to the working man like pop

Never saw him drink a drop

A D D7

He knew what I was up to, but he didn't call the cops

Hail to the working man on high

Give us plenty fish to fry

D A G D

He might judge you but he'll never make you stop

[Solo]

(play verse chords)

D G D E A D G D A D

[Verse 3]

Well I've stood on every corner

Said the thief for his reply

And I've never seen a miracle

E A

Not one I've recognized

But way up in the northland

Where the weather goes berserk

And the sun stays up til midnight, boy

A D

There's plenty time to work

[Chorus 1]

Hail to the working man, my son

Up there trying to get it done

A D D7

When every horse needs water and every weed needs sun

Hail to the working man, my friend

He won't clock out till the end

D A G D

When every saint and sinners race is run

D A G D

When every saint and sinners race is run

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