God Is A Working Man chords by Jason Isbell

Chords with lyrics

[Verse 1]

     D MajorD
I need a whole new set of problems
     G+G
Said the preacher to the thief
     D MajorD
I've seen nothing here but miracles
     E MajorE     A augmentedA
And it's shaking my belief
    D MajorD
And if everything's a miracle
  G+G
The saints are just a mob
    D MajorD                 A augmentedA        D MajorD
And the man who works the wonders is just trying to do his job

[Chorus 1]

      G+G
Hail to the working man, my son
     D MajorD
Up there trying to get it done
   A augmentedA              D MajorD        A augmentedA
When every horse needs water and every weed needs sun
D MajorD      G+G
Hail to the working man, my friend
     D MajorD
He won't clock out til the end
   D MajorD        A augmentedA        G+G     D MajorD
When every saint and sinner's race is run


[Verse 2]

  D MajorD
My grandpa was a preacher
  G+G
The Pentecostal kind
     D MajorD                E MajorE            A augmentedA
And they take the lord so seriously you'd think they'd lost their minds
   D MajorD
They pray out loud, speak in tongues
  G+G
And some might take up snakes
    D MajorD
But my grandpa was a working man
    A augmentedA      D MajorD
And he never took a break

[Chorus 2]

      G+G
Hail to the working man like pop
   D MajorD
Never saw him drink a drop
  A augmentedA               D MajorD        A augmentedA
He knew what I was up to, but he didn't call the cops
D MajorD      G+G
Hail to the working man on high
    D MajorD
Give us plenty fish to fry
     D MajorD          A augmentedA       G+G    D MajorD
He might judge you but he'll never make you stop


[Solo]
(play verse chords)

 D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD  E MajorE  A augmentedA  D MajorD   G+G   D MajorD   A augmentedA  D MajorD


[Verse 3]

     D MajorD
Well I've stood on every corner
     G+G
Said the thief for his reply
     D MajorD
And I've never seen a miracle
  E MajorE       A augmentedA
Not one I've recognized
  D MajorD
But way up in the northland
     G+G
Where the weather goes berserk
    D MajorD
And the sun stays up til midnight, boy
    A augmentedA       D MajorD
There's plenty time to work


[Chorus 1]

      G+G
Hail to the working man, my son
     D MajorD
Up there trying to get it done
   A augmentedA              D MajorD        A augmentedA
When every horse needs water and every weed needs sun
D MajorD      G+G
Hail to the working man, my friend
     D MajorD
He won't clock out till the end
   D MajorD        A augmentedA      G+G    D MajorD
When every saint and sinners race is run
   D MajorD        A augmentedA      G+G    D MajorD