Tough Job chords by Lee Kernaghan

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Key: F#F#

| Beats: * = 2 Beats.

Intro:

E** A* B7*
E** A* E MajorE
E** A* B7*
E** A* E*

Verse 1:

    E MajorE
Headin' road trains west of the Warrego River.
           B7B7    E MajorE
Piggin' in the lingum on the Barcoo.

Drillin' for oil in the Strzelecki Desert.
               B7B7  E MajorE
Shipping the woolclip out of Pokataroo. Hey!

Break:
E** A* B7*
E** A* E*
    Your go!

Verse 2:

E MajorE
Flaggin' the rose of the Wee Waa cotton.
            B7B7     E MajorE
Running the mob out the back of Marree.

Fourteen hours on the black border dragline.
        B7B7
Eight days and fifty degrees.

Chorus 1:

    E MajorE
It's a tough job mate.
A augmentedA       B7B7
Someones gotta do it.
      E MajorE
Well it's a tough job mate.
  A augmentedA    B7B7
Its gotta be done.
  A augmentedA
We put in the hard yakka workin' up a sweat.
  E MajorE          B7B7
The harder you work, the hotter it gets.
       E**        A* B7*
Cause it's a tough job mate.
    E**           A* E*
It's a tough job mate.

Verse 3:
E MajorE
Packin' down in a scrum in the sudden-death semi.
               B7B7      E MajorE
or waiting for the bell on a cattle bronc ride.

Ringin' a shed out west of Menindee.
               B7B7      E MajorE
Oh, its just another day of a hard working lot.

Chorus 2:
      E MajorE
Well it's a tough job mate.
A augmentedA       B7B7
Someones gotta do it.
    E MajorE
It's a tough job mate.
  A augmentedA    B7B7
Its gotta be done.
     A augmentedA
We put to put in the hard yakka, workin' up a sweat.
  E MajorE          B7B7
The harder you work, the hotter it gets.
    E**        A* B7*
it's a tough job mate.
      E**        A* E*
It's just a tough job mate.   Where are ya!

Solo:
E****
E** B7** E MajorE
   Lets grunt

Breakdown:
N.C.
Ho. Ha. Go on you do it.
N.C.
Ho. Ho.
Ha.
   B7B7
We go diggin and drivin'
B7B7
Sweatin' and strivin'.
B7B7
Grease and diesel.
B7B7
Steel and swe-----at.

Chorus:

E MajorE
It's a tough job mate.
A augmentedA       B7B7
Someones gotta do it.
    E MajorE
It's a tough job mate.
     A augmentedA    B7B7
Col
Its gotta be done.
  A augmentedA
We put in the hard yakka workin' up a sweat.
  E MajorE          B7B7
The harder you work, the hotter it gets.
    E MajorE         A augmentedA       B7B7
It's a tough job mate. (someone's gotta do it.)
    E MajorE           A augmentedA     B7B7
It's a tough job mate. (It's got to be done.)
     A augmentedA
We got to put in the yard yakka, workin' up a sweat.
  E MajorE          B7B7
The harder you work, the hotter it gets.
    E MajorE         A* B7*
It's a tough job mate.
      E MajorE        A* E*
It's just a tough job mate.
    E MajorE        A* B7*
It's a tough job mate.
         E MajorE        A*
Well, it's just a tough job mate.
    E MajorE         A*       B7*
It's a tough job mate. (someone's gotta do it)
      E MajorE        A* E*
It's just a tough job mate.