James Taylor – Millworker (Guitar)
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Chords
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Words and Music by James Taylor
(c) 1979 Country Road Music
A/D xx0220
G/D xx0433
Csus2 x3x03x
G6/B x2x03x
Gm/Bb x1x03x
A7sus4 x02030
Cadd9 x32030
C/D xx0010
[Intro]
D C/D D
[Verse 1]
D A/D D G/D A/D Now my grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water D A/D G/D A/D My father was a farmer and I, his only daughter, D A/D G/D A/D took up with a no-good millworking man from Massachusetts D A/D G/D A/D D who dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed
[Interlude]
D Csus2 G6/B A7sus4
[Verse 2]
A/D D G/D A/D Mill-work ain't easy; mill-work ain't hard D A/D G/D A/D Mill-work, it ain't nothing but an awful boring job D A/D G/D A/D I'm waiting for a day dream to take me through the morning D A/D G/D A/D D and put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich and remember
[Chorus 1]
Cadd9 G6/B Then it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning Gm/Bb A7sus4 for the rest of the afternoon D and the rest of my life
C/D D C/D
[Verse 3]
D A/D D G/D A/D Now my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm D A/D G/D A/D I can see my father smiling at me, swingin' on his arm D A/D G/D A/D I can hear my grand-dad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie D A/D G/D A/D D where vessels and cargos and fortunes and sailor's lives were lost
[Verse 4]
D A/D D G/D A/D Yes, but it's my life has been wasted, and I have been the fool D A/D G/D A/D to let this manufacture use my body for a tool D A/D G/D A/D I can ride home in the evening, staring at my hands D A/D G/D A/D D swearing by my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance
[Chorus 2]
Cadd9 G6/B So may I work the mills just as long as I am able Gm/Bb A7sus4 D and never meet the man whose name is on the label Cadd9 G6/B It be me and my machine for the rest of the morning Gm/Bb A7sus4 for the rest of the afternoon D C/D D C/D and the rest of my life