Intro: F F C4 F F F C4 C F Verse 1: C4 F Gray morning light spits through the shade.....Another day older, closer to the grave C4 C F Closer to the grave and come the dawn.....I woke up this morning shackled and drawn Chorus 1: C4 F Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn.....Pick up the rock son, carry it on C4 C F I’m trudging through the dark in a world gone wrong.....I woke up this morning shackled and drawn Verse 2: C4 F I always loved the feel of sweat on my shirt.....Stand back son and let a man work C4 C F Let a man work, is that so wrong?.....I woke up this morning shackled and drawn
Chorus 2: C4 F Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn.....Pick up the rock son, carry it on C4 C F I’m trudging through the dark in a world gone wrong.....I woke up this morning shackled and drawn Verse 3: C4 F Freedom son’s a dirty shirt.....The sun on my face and my shovel in the dirt C4 C F A shovel in the dirt keeps the devil gone.....I woke up this morning shackled and drawn Chorus 3: C4 F Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn.....Pick up the rock son, carry it on C4 C F What’s a poor boy to do but keep singing this song?...I woke up this morning shackled and drawn Verse 4: C4 F Working man pays all the bills.....It’s still fat and easy up on banker’s hill C4 C F Up on banker’s hill, the party’s going strong.....Down here below we’re shackled and drawn Outro: C4 F Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn.....Pick up the rock son, carry it on C4 C F I’m trudging through the dark in a world gone wrong.....I woke up this morning shackled and drawn C4 F Shackled and drawn, shackled and drawn.....Pick up the rock son, carry it on What’s a poor boy to do but keep singing this song?... C4 C F F C4 C F I woke up this morning shackled and drawn