Chris LeDoux – Working Mans Dollar (Guitar)

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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    
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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