Working On The Highway

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Working on the Highway - Bruce Springsteen
[Intro]
C C C C
[Verse 1]
C F C F C F
Friday night's pay night guys fresh out of work
C G C F C F
Talking about the weekend scrubbing off the dirt
C F C F C F
Some heading home to their families some looking to get hurt
C G C F C F
Some going down to Stovell wearing trouble on their shirts
C F C F C F
I work for the county out on 95
C G C F C F
All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by
C G C F C F
In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss
C G C
Someday mister I'm gonna lead a better life than this
[Chorus]
F G C
Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
F G C
Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
F G C
Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock (x2)
F G C F C F C F C G C
Working on the highway, working on the highway
[Verse 2]
C F C F C F
I met her at a dance down at the union hall
C G C F C F
She was standing with her brothers back up against the wall
C F C F C F
Sometimes we'd go walking down the union tracks
C G C F C F
One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back
[Chorus]
F G C
Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
F G C
Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
F G C
Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock (x2)
F G C F C F C F C G C
Working on the highway, working on the highway
[Bridge]
Am C
Saved up my money and I put it all away
Am C
I went to see her daddy but we didn't have much to say
Am C
"Son can't you see that she's just a little girl
F G
She don't know nothing about this cruel cruel world"
[Verse 3]
C F C F C F
We lit out down to Florida we got along all right
C G C F C F
One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black and white
C F C F C F
The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day
C G C F C F
And the judge got mad and he put me straight away
C F C F C F
I wake up every morning to the work bell clang
C C
N..
Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang
[Chorus]
F G C
Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
F G C
Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
F G C
Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock (x2)
F G C F C F C F C G C
Working on the highway, working on the highway
F G C
Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
F G C
Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
F G C
Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock
F G C
Working on the highway, working on the highway
[Outro]
F C F C F C G C
Ooooh
F C F C F C G C
Ooooh
F C F C F C G C
F C F C F C G C

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Working on the Highway - Bruce Springsteen
[Intro]
C C C C
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
  F C   F C   F C   G C  
  F C   F C   F C   G C

Working On The Highway Chords by Bruce Springsteen

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Working On The Highway Chords · Bruce Springsteen