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ALooking for the working man's Amaj7cafe
In the shopping center of the tDown
Looking for somewhere to fBmit in
In among the E7retail outfits
ABought a pair of new designer Amaj7pants
Where the fruit and vedge-man used to sDtand
I always used to see him thereBm  
Selling old aEpples and pears
DChatting up the pretty girls
                 A/   A/  B/ C#     D  A/C#  
With knocked off goods in the van
         Em      A/C#  
Don't you know
                D      G/F#  
He was a working man
    Em    A/C#  
Long ago
                D      G/F#  
He was a working man
And we Emsat in the working man's Gcafe
The working man's cDafe
DEverything around me seems unDmaj9real
Everywhere I go it looks and fGeelsEm  
Like AmEm7ericAa
DYou've really come a long way down this Dmaj9road
Approving our surroundings as we Em7go
Changing our roots and culture
Em7But don't you kAnow
    Em    A/C#  
Long ago
                   D       G/F#  
There was a working man
          Em    A/C#  
Don't you know
                   D       G/F#  
We were all working men
And we'd Emsit and pass the time of Gday
At the working man's cDafeA  
AI thought I knew you then, but will I kAmaj7now you now
There's Agot to be a place for us to meet,
I call you Amaj7when I've found it
DI only hope that life has made us a Alittle more grounded
                        E/G#/ A/B  
Hey man, I see you now!
GO o oA  
           D/     F#       G  
We were all working men 
                            E/G#/   A  E7/B  
And here we are at the working man's cafe
(same chord as on 1st verse)
It's really good to see us come so far
But haven't we forgotten who we are
Taking out a larger loan
Equity relief and mortgages
We all seem to pass the time of day 
Online on the internet cafe
And if you you forget my face
In case you've forgotten just who I am
DI'm the kid with the greasy spoon
       A/  A/ B/ C#     D  A/C#  
Firmly held in my hand
EmDon't you kAnow
       D/     F#       G/F#  
I was a working man
EmLong aAgo
            D/     F#       G/F#  
We were all working men 
And we Emsat and spent the time of dGay
At the working man's cDafeA  
YeahG  
At the wAorking man's caDfe

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Working Mans Cafe

by Ray Davies

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Amaj7

A/C#

Dmaj9

Em7

E/G#

A Amaj7

Looking for the working man's cafe

In the shopping center of the town

Looking for somewhere to fit in

In among the retail outfits

A Amaj7

Bought a pair of new designer pants

Where the fruit and vedge-man used to stand

I always used to see him there

Selling old apples and pears

Chatting up the pretty girls

A A B C# D A/C#

/ / /

With knocked off goods in the van

Em A C#

Don't you know

D G F#

He was a working man

Em A C#

Long ago

D G F#

He was a working man

Em G

And we sat in the working man's cafe

The working man's cafe

D Dmaj9

Everything around me seems unreal

G Em

Everywhere I go it looks and feels

Em7 A

Like America

D Dmaj9

You've really come a long way down this road

Em7

Approving our surroundings as we go

Changing our roots and culture

Em7 A

But don't you know

Em A C#

Long ago

D G F#

There was a working man

Em A C#

Don't you know

D G F#

We were all working men

Em G

And we'd sit and pass the time of day

D A

At the working man's cafe

A Amaj7

I thought I knew you then, but will I know you now

There's got to be a place for us to meet,

Amaj7

I call you when I've found it

D A

I only hope that life has made us a little more grounded

E G# A B

// /

Hey man, I see you now!

G A

O o o

D F# G

We were all working men

E/G# A E7 B

/ /

And here we are at the working man's cafe

(same chord as on 1st verse)

It's really good to see us come so far

But haven't we forgotten who we are

Taking out a larger loan

Equity relief and mortgages

We all seem to pass the time of day

Online on the internet cafe

And if you you forget my face

In case you've forgotten just who I am

I'm the kid with the greasy spoon

A A B C# D A/C#

/ / /

Firmly held in my hand

Em A

Don't you know

D F# G F#

/ /

I was a working man

Em A

Long ago

D F# G F#

/ /

We were all working men

Em G

And we sat and spent the time of day

D A

At the working man's cafe

Yeah

A D

At the working man's cafe

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