Chris LeDoux

Working Mans Dollar(Chords)

Chris LeDoux

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	        Intro: A  G  D  A  G  D 


Verse: 1 
A                                     G 
Well, I'm just a Workin' Man's Dollar 
D 
In the pocket of his old blue jeans 
A                                  G 
I ain't like my Wall Street brother 
D 
He's in a bank so shiny and clean 
A                                G 
Well, I'm faded and I'm wrinkled 
D 
Tattered and stained with sweat 


Bridge: 1 
 A                                      G             D 
But I'm the 1st one called when Uncle Sam Needs a hand with the 
              A  G  D      
National Debt      

   
Verse: 2 
A                              G 
I've been wages for the farm hand 
D 
For drivin' an old John Deere 
A                                  G 
I've been laid on a bar in a tavern 
D 
To buy a workin' man an ice-cold beer 
A                                        G 
I've been tipped to a truck-stop waitress 
D 
Taped where I was torn 
    

Bridge 2 
        A                      G 
And in the hand of a child I was laid on a plate 
         D                 A A A A A 
In a church on Sunday morn     
  
G They say I'm the root of all evil D I bring lust, power and greed C G But this Workin' Man's Dollar only buys the things A G D A G D A workin' man really needs
Verse: 3 A G Well, they say I'm worth about fifty-cents D In this modern inflated age A G But don't tell that to the young man slavin' D To make it on a minimum wage A G Or that single workin' mother D She's been scapin' to make ends meet Bridge 3 A To make a house a home G Keep food on the table D A G D And shoes on her baby's feet A G Well, I know my days are numbered D I'm gettin' threadbare and wearin' thin A G And they'll replace me with another D But I'd do it all again A G Cuz I've seen this great big country D Passed from hand to callused hand A G And I've got to say that I'm mighty proud D A A A A A That I belong to a workin' man
G They say I'm the root of all evil D I bring lust, power and greed C G But this Workin' Man's Dollar only buys the things A workin' man really needs
Outro: A G D A G D C A

Written by Chris LeDoux

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