Working Mans Dollar chords by Chris Ledoux

Chords with lyrics

Intro: A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD


Verse: 1
A augmentedA                   G+G
Well, I'm just a Workin' Man's Dollar
D MajorD
In the pocket of his old blue jeans
A augmentedA                 G+G
I ain't like my Wall Street brother
D MajorD
He's in a bank so shiny and clean
A augmentedA                G+G
Well, I'm faded and I'm wrinkled
D MajorD
Tattered and stained with sweat

Bridge: 1
 A augmentedA                   G+G       D MajorD
But I'm the 1st one called when Uncle Sam Needs a hand with the
       A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
National Debt


Verse: 2
A augmentedA               G+G
I've been wages for the farm hand
D MajorD
For drivin' an old John Deere
A augmentedA                 G+G
I've been laid on a bar in a tavern
D MajorD
To buy a workin' man an ice-cold beer
A augmentedA                    G+G
I've been tipped to a truck-stop waitress
D MajorD
Taped where I was torn


Bridge 2
    A augmentedA           G+G
And in the hand of a child I was laid on a plate
     D MajorD         A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA
In a church on Sunday morn


G+G
They say I'm the root of all evil
 D MajorD
I bring lust, power and greed
 C majorC                G+G
But this Workin' Man's Dollar only buys the things
             A augmentedA  G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA   G+G   D MajorD
A augmentedA workin' man really needs

Verse: 3
A augmentedA                     G+G
Well, they say I'm worth about fifty-cents
 D MajorD
In this modern inflated age
A augmentedA                G+G
But don't tell that to the young man slavin'
D MajorD
To make it on a minimum wage
A augmentedA              G+G
Or that single workin' mother
 D MajorD
She's been scapin' to make ends meet


Bridge 3
     A augmentedA
To make a house a home
    G+G
Keep food on the table
   D MajorD             A augmentedA  G+G  D MajorD
And shoes on her baby's feet
     A augmentedA             G+G
Well, I know my days are numbered
       D MajorD
I'm gettin' threadbare and wearin' thin
      A augmentedA            G+G
And they'll replace me with another
     D MajorD
But I'd do it all again
       A augmentedA           G+G
Cuz I've seen this great big country
        D MajorD
Passed from hand to callused hand
     A augmentedA            G+G
And I've got to say that I'm mighty proud
       D MajorD         A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA
That I belong to a workin' man


G+G
They say I'm the root of all evil
    D MajorD
I bring lust, power and greed
       C majorC          G+G
But this Workin' Man's Dollar only buys the things

A augmentedA workin' man really needs


Outro: A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD C majorC A augmentedA