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Roughneck by Johnny Cash

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Chorus:
A                            E
Born to be a roughneck I'll never amount to nothing
E                             B7    E
Riggin’ up and makin’ hole is hard labor

Verse:
E
Well I was born in a boomer shack about a half a mile from town
E                                      F#              B7
Papa was driller on a wildcat crew and mama never was around
E
I learned to cuss when I was two and fight when I was three
E                                                             B7              E
And by the time I was five there was no kid alive could ever get the best of me

Chorus:
A                            E
Born to be a roughneck I'll never amount to nothing
E                              B7   E
Riggin’ up and makin’ hole is hard labor

A E B7 E

Verse:
A                                           E
Well, I started working like a regular man when I was just about knee high
E                                          F#                      B7
Skinning the knuckles on my two bare hands but they never heard me cry
E
I remember walking down the road and hearing somebody say
E                                                            B7         E
He was born to live a roughneck's life and he's never gonna change his ways

Chorus:
A                            E
Born to be a roughneck I'll never amount to nothing
E                             B7    E
Riggin’ up and makin’ hole is hard labor
A                            E
Born to be a roughneck I'll never amount to nothing
E                             B7    E
Riggin’ up and makin’ hole is hard labor