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From what i can tell, this song is supposed to be played with a capo on the first fret,
my guitar teacher is always saying that capos are for people who can't play bar chords,
i i figured it out with bar chords instead. so here goes, hope this sounds right...
written by Jerry Chestnut
performed by Johnny Cash
G#intro, spoken:
I dedicate this song to the workin' man
For ever' man that puts in a hard
Eight or ten hours a day of work and toil and sweat
Always got somebody lookin' down his neck
Tryin' to get more out of 'im
Than he really ought to have to put in.
AG#fter twenty nine long years
of workin' in this shop
with Oney standing over A#7me
D#7Today when that old whistle blows,
I'll check in all my gear, and I'll retG#ire.
TG#he superintendant just stopped by
and said they planned my little get-toA#7gether
D#7and then he said I'd never have made it
if old Oney hadn't of held me to the G#fire
IG#'ve seen him in my dreams at night
and woke up in the morning feeling tA#7ired.
And old OnD#7ey don't remember, when i came here,
how he tried to get me fiG#red...
WG#ith his folded hands behind him,
every morning, Oney waited at the gA#7ate...
where he'd D#7rant and rave like i committed murder
clockin' in five minutes lG#ate.
A#But today they'll gather 'round me
like I've seen 'em do when any man rB#7etires,
and old OF7ney's gonna tell me,
from now on, I'm free to do what i dA#esire.
A#He'll present me with that little old gold watch
they give a man a times like B#7this,
but there's F7one thing he's not countin' on...
today's the day i give old Oney A#his! hahahahaha!
C#I've been workin' buildin' muscles,
Oney's just been standin' 'round, and gettin' A#7soft,
and tG#7oday about 4:30, I'll make up for every
good night's sleep I've lC#ost...
WC#hen I'm gone, I'll be remembered
as the workin' man that put his point A#7across...
With a G#7right hand full of knuckles,
today's the day I show old Oney
who's the C#boss!
(just keep strumming C#)
Hmmmmmmm, what time is it? 4:30? Heeeeeyyyy Oney! Oney! haha!
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