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Working Man Chords by Imagine Dragons

Working Man chords by Imagine Dragons

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Working Man by Imagine Dragons: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"Working Man" is from the iTunes edition of Imagine Dragon's album "Night Visions" released in the autumn of 2012.

The song is written and performed by Imagine Dragons. These guitar chords should help you play it like the band's guitarist Wayne Sermon.

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Song: Working Man
Artist: Imagine Dragons

Key: C

Intro:

These notes are all quater-triplets

     C             Cmaj7          C6              C
e|------------8--------------7------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------10----------------8----|
G|--------9-------------9-------------9----------------9----------|
D|---10-----------10-------------10---------------10--------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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Chorus 1: (x2)

C
Shake it, shake it, and we're moving again
F
Been a long time coming for the working man
Am
So shake it, shake it, and we're moving again
G
When the money is high, we can start to spend
(x2)


Verse 1:

C
Every little bit goes a little of a long way.
                                              F
Life gets hard and I'm headed for the highway home, home
Am
Caught up in the middle of a headache and a heartbreak
                                                 G
Just when I thought I was clear of the mistakes, No, no oh oh


C
So tell me, tell me, tell me, what am I to do
G
I think that this life is darker than the view
Am
So help me, help me, help me, be a little more like you
G
When everything is falling, I'm gonna do the things you do



Chorus 2: (Same as first one)

C
Shake it, shake it, and we're moving again
F
Been a long time coming for the working man
Am
So shake it, shake it, and we're moving again
G
When the money is high, we can start to spend
(x2)

Shake it

Stick:  (Base and " Falling" scale)

The Scale is a C-major over 2 octaves (starting in C). 3 first time just from the top and down
last time, dubble the tempo (if you can(?), I'can't, but I dont think its impossible) and
do it first down and then up again.

BASE TAB!! (listen to rtyhm)
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3--------------0-----------------------3------------------3------------------|   (x2)
E|----------3---------------1-------------------------3---------------------------|


Verse 2: (same as earlier)

C
Everything is serious and everything is fatal, hat's what they tell you
                              G
And that's how they make you know, know
Am
I'm tired of the books and I'm tired of the tables, everything is made with the same old labels
G
No, no oh oh


C
So tell me, tell me, tell me, what am I to do
G
I think that this life is darker than the view
Am
So help me, help me, help me, be a little more like you
G
When everything is falling, I'm gonna do the things you do



Chorus 3: same as earlier

C
Shake it, shake it, and we're moving again
F
Been a long time coming for the working man
Am
So shake it, shake it, and we're moving again
G
When the money is high, we can start to spend, shake it


Rythm-break: (a little hard to tab, since it's mostly drums and random synth sounds
              but I'll give you the guitar bends)

e|-5b6r5---------5b6r5---------5b6r5------------5b8 (do slide on last, unless you have a 0,09 string
B|--------5b6r5---------5b6r5----------5b6r5--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus 4 (?): (same as before)

C
Shake it, shake it, and we're moving again
F
Been a long time coming for the working man
Am
So shake it, shake it, and we're moving again
G
When the money is high, we can start to spend, shake it
(x4)

Shake it

Outro:

More drum break!




Tabbed by Martin GN, you got corrections? POST them! :)

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