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After free form gospel piano Intro: | B5 | B5 | A2 | A2 | A2 | E | B5 | B5 A2 | B5 Workin' real hard in the heart of the city A2 Noonday sun feelin' hot and sweaty A2 E |B5 | B5 A2 | Tryin' to make my pay tryin' to make my monthly rent B5 Workin' real hard for the U S dollar A2 Livin' real poor gonna make me holler A2 E B5 I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do E B5 I was raised up on the corner in front of a grocery store F# G#m Shinin' shoes with the daily news for two bits on the floor E B5 But given the chance I'd go back to the days of a simpler time F# F#7 Cause this ol' world's gone crazy and I'm about to lose my mind B5 Workin' real hard in the heart of the city A2 Noonday sun feelin' hot and sweaty A2 E |B5 | B5 A2 | Tryin' to make my pay tryin' to make my monthly rent B5 Workin' real hard for the U S dollar A2 Livin' real poor gonna make me holler A2 E B5 I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do E B5 My brother drives delivery right down on Dauphine Street F# G#m Had a little house by the railroad track, kinda small but it was neat E B5 The police came and got him for robbin' a liquor store F# F#7 And even though he didn't do it they got what they came for B5 Workin' real hard in the heart of the city A2 Noonday sun feelin' hot and sweaty A2 E |B5 | B5 A2 | Tryin' to make my pay tryin' to make my monthly rent B5 Workin' real hard for the U S dollar A2 Livin' real poor gonna make me holler A2 E B5 I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do G#m F# It's a poor man who's life is bittersweet E B5 Doesn't wanna lose that good thing that he's got G#m F# But that same ol' government who pays you every week A2 E F# Will come and take your home away and put you in the street Drum Solo: | ? | ? | ? | ? | Pianos in: | B5 | B5 | B5 | B5 | B5 | B5 | B5 | B5 | Horns in: | B5 | B5 | E | E | B5 | B5 | B5 | B5 | (repeats) | B5 | B5 | E | E | B5 | B5 | B5 | B5 | Sax Solo: | B5 | B5 | A2 | A2 | A2 | E | B5 | B5 A2 | | B5 | B5 | A2 | A2 | A2 | E | B5 | B5 A2 | B5 Workin' real hard in the heart of the city A2 Noonday sun feelin' hot and sweaty A2 E |B5 | B5 A2 | Tryin' to make my pay tryin' to make my monthly rent B5 Workin' real hard for the U S dollar A2 Livin' real poor gonna make me holler A2 E B5 I don't wanna live in the street like some folks do (repeat Chorus) Outro: | B5 | B5 | A2 | A2 | A2 | E | B5 | B5 A2 | | B5 | B5 | A2 | A2 | A2 | E | B5 | B5 A2 | Charted by Dexex
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