Key: G# Intro: F A# F A# Verse 1: F He didn't go to college on a full ride A# Baseball scholarship F Didn't head to L.C . or Broadway A# Trying to make it big F He didn't take a few years after senior year A# Tryin' to find himself F He just did what he knew to do A# 'Cause he didn't know nothing else
Chorus: F He went to work, he'd get it done A# Do anything under the sun F Even when his hands or his back was hurt A# He'd dirty up a blue-collar shirt F He put his family and the good Lord A# Top of the list of what he loved to live for F He'd drink a beer, he'd hunt and fish A# Played catch with me and give Mom a kiss F A# He went to work Verse 2: F When times were tough, bills piled up A# The ends didn't wanna meet F If he worried some, you couldn't see it none A# No, he just rolled up his sleeves Chorus: F He went to work, he'd get it done A# Do anything under the sun F Even when his hands or his back was hurt A# He'd dirty up a blue-collar shirt F He put his family and the good Lord A# Top of the list of what he loved to live for F He'd drink a beer, he'd hunt and fish A# Played catch with me and give Mom a kiss F He went to work Guitar Solo: A# F A# Bridge: Gm A# It ain't easy trying to live up to his name, no, it ain't Gm A# Someday I hope my kids can say the same Out-Chorus: F He went to work, he'd get it done A# Do anything under the sun F Even when his hands or his back was hurt A# He'd dirty up a blue-collar shirt F He put his family and the good Lord A# Top of the list of what he loved to live for F He'd drink a beer, he'd hunt and fish A# Played catch with me and give Mom a kiss F A# He went to work F A# He went to work