Tough Job chords by Lee Kernaghan

• Capo on 2nd

Key: F#

| Beats: * = 2 Beats.

Intro:

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

Verse 1:

        E
Headin' road trains west of the Warrego River.
                      B7        E
Piggin' in the lingum on the Barcoo.

Drillin' for oil in the Strzelecki Desert.
                             B7    E
Shipping the woolclip out of Pokataroo. Hey!

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

Verse 2:

E
Flaggin' the rose of the Wee Waa cotton.
                        B7         E
Running the mob out the back of Marree.

Fourteen hours on the black border dragline.
               B7
Eight days and fifty degrees.

Chorus 1:

       E
It's a tough job mate.
A              B7
Someones gotta do it.
            E
Well it's a tough job mate.
    A        B7
Its gotta be done.
   A
We put in the hard yakka workin' up a sweat.
    E                    B7
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
Packin' down in a scrum in the sudden-death semi.
                             B7           E
or waiting for the bell on a cattle bronc ride.

Ringin' a shed out west of Menindee.
                              B7           E
Oh, its just another day of a hard working lot.

Chorus 2:
            E
Well it's a tough job mate.
A              B7
Someones gotta do it.
       E
It's a tough job mate.
    A        B7
Its gotta be done.
          A
We put to put in the hard yakka, workin' up a sweat.
    E                    B7
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
      Lets grunt

Breakdown:
N.C.
Ho. Ha. Go on you do it.
N.C.
Ho. Ho.
Ha.
      B7
We go diggin and drivin'
B7
Sweatin' and strivin'.
B7
Grease and diesel.
B7
Steel and swe-----at.

Chorus:

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