Work chords by Ron Pope

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Capo 1
Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G

Verse:
C majorC         FF
Carhart jacket on 5:30 am
C majorC            G+G
Feelin' like the ace of spades
C majorC       FF
15 years old, work till the sun comes
C majorC        G+G   C majorC
Then I'm off to school again
FF          C majorC
Workin' my back as a young man
     A minorAm     G+G    FF
Taught me I'd rather work my mind
    C majorC
So we'd cop a little smoke
  FF
And crack a couple jokes
   C majorC     G+G    C majorC
Just tryin' to learn to survive

      FF
I wanted to work to live
          C majorC
No not just live to work
    FF                G+G
I had a pain deep in my bones beneath my t-shirt
   C majorC          FF
Was a young man singin' an old man's song
A minorAm     G+G    FF
Payin' with my last dimes
  C majorC           G+G
But workin' to live beats livin' to work
FF
Anytime

Instrumental:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC

C majorC
I had a teacher
FF         C majorC          G+G
She told my mother she better find me a trade
    C majorC           FF
Because boys like me well we all grow up
   C majorC     G+G       C majorC
To be long term guests of the state
  FF            C majorC
Now I worked hard because I had to
A minorAm   G+G     FF
I never found much luck
    C majorC
Till' I built my world
     FF
Round' a Georgia girl
  C majorC      G+G   C majorC
Who told me that I was enough

      FF
I wanted to work to live
          C majorC
No not just live to work
    FF                G+G
I had a pain deep in my bones beneath my t-shirt
   C majorC          FF
Was a young man singin' an old man's song
A minorAm     G+G    FF
Payin' with my last dimes
  C majorC           G+G
But workin' to live beats livin' to work
FF
Anytime

Instrumental:
C majorC FF C majorC G+G
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC

C majorC          FF
Sometimes at night I wake with a shiver
C majorC       G+G        C majorC
Sweat soakin' clean through my sheets
C majorC         FF
Then I remember I am who I am
C majorC      G+G      C majorC
Not who they said I would be
FF         C majorC
I wasn't born with nothin'
    A minorAm    C majorC   FF
Cept' a voice and common sense
   C majorC      FF
Maybe that's why I took off runnin'
C majorC      G+G   C majorC
First chance that I had

      FF
I wanted to work to live
          C majorC
No not just live to work
    FF                G+G
I had a pain deep in my bones beneath my t-shirt
   C majorC          FF
Was a young man singin' an old man's song
A minorAm     G+G    FF
Payin' with my last dimes
  C majorC           G+G
But workin' to live beats livin' to work
FF
Anytime

  A minorAm          G+G
Oh workin' to live beats livin' to work
C majorC
Anytime