Millworker chords by Emmylou Harris

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: C

🎸 Verse 1:
        A                       D               E
My grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water
   A            E          A           E
My father was a farmer and I, his only daughter
A                                                   E
Took up with a no-good millworking man from Massachusetts
    A                      E       A                     E        A
Who dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed


🎸 Verse 2:
                                        E
Now millwork ain't easy, millwork ain't hard
A                  E                A          E
Millwork, it ain't nothing but an awful boring job
    A
I'm waiting for a daydream to take me through the morning
                 E                  A            E              A
And put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich and remember

🎸 Chorus:
         G                         D/F#
And it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning
        Dm/F                   E                  A    E/G# G A
For the rest of the afternoon, for the rest of my life


🎸 Verse 3:
A
Now my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm
A
I can see my father smiling at me swinging on his arm
A
I can hear my granddad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie
A
Where vessels and cargos and fortunes and sailor's lives were lost


Guitar 🎸 Solo:
C  G/B  Bb  Asus4 A G
D/F# Bm F Dm/F E


🎸 Verse 4:
         A
But it's my life has been wasted and I have been the fool
                E7              A
To let this manufacturer use my body for a tool
                                             E
I can ride home in the evening staring at my hands
A              E             A                   E          A
Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance


🎸 Chorus:
   G                            D/F#         Bm
So may I work the mills just as long as I am able
    F                        E              A
And never meet the man whose name is on the label
         G                         D/F#
And it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning
             Dm/F          E                      A
For the rest of the afternoon, for the rest of my life


🎸 Outro:
G  D/F#  F  E7 A G
D/F#  D  E A