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Working Man Blues tab by Merle Haggard

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramA augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate

Merle Haggard - Working Man Blues
Inspired by https://www.youtube.com/watch v=-cm8hgoLc80

Intro:
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------------------|--5--x---------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-------------------------5-------|-------7--x-5--x-----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------/7---------|-----------------7--x--5--3------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
    1      2      3      4 +          1      2      3      4  +

    Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

Verse:
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    Chord diagramD MajorD                                 Chord diagramD MajorD
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----10----12-x-10----12-x-10----|-----10----12-x-10----12-x-10----|
Chord diagramG+G|-----10h11-12-x-10h11-12-x-10h11-|-----10h11-12-x-10h11-12-x-10h11-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----10----12-x-10----12-x-10----|-----10----12-x-10----12-x-10----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--10-----10---------10-----------|--10-----10---------10-----------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4   +        1  +   2  +   3   +  4   +

    Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    Chord diagramE7E7                                Chord diagramD7D7
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----9---x-9--x----9----9-x-x----|-----7---x-7--x-7----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----x---x-x--x---------x-x-x----|-----x---x-x--x-x----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----9---x-9--x------9--9-x-x----|-----7---x-7--x-7----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--7-------------7----------------|--5-------------5----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------|--------------------------0-3h4--|
    1  +   2  +   3  +   4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

    Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5----------5------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +

Outro:
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----5h6---7--x-5h6---7-x-5h6----|-----5h6---7--x-5h6--------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----5-----7--x-5-----7-x-5------|-----5-----7--x-5----------7-----|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------|--------------------0--7h9-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--5------5----------5------------|--5------5-----------------------|
    1  +   2  +   3   +  4  +         1  +   2  +   3   +  4   +

    Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--9------9------9------9------9----9-------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--9b10-x-9b10-x-9b10-x-9b10-x-9b10-9-------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    1    +   2    +    3   +    4    +

    Chord diagramA augmentedA
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------------10-------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--9----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--7----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
    1    +   2    +


************************************

| /    slide up
| h    hammer-on
| b    bend
| x    mute

************************************

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