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