James Taylor – Millworker (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Words and Music by James Taylor (c) 1979 Country Road Music G F/G G
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Now my grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water

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My father was a farmer and I, his only daughter,

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took up with a no-good millworking man from Massachusetts

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who dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed
G Fsus2 C6/E D7sus4
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Mill-work ain't easy; mill-work ain't hard

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Mill-work, it ain't nothing but an awful boring job

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I'm waiting for a day dream to take me through the morning

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and put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich and remember

          F(addD)                   C6/E
Then it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning

        Cm/D#                 D7sus4
for the rest of the afternoon

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and the rest of my life
Now my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm I can see my father smiling at me, swingin' on his arm I can hear my grand-dad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie where vessels and cargos and fortunes and sailor's lives were lost Yes, but it's my life has been wasted, and I have been the fool to let this manufacture use my body for a tool. I can ride home in the evening, staring at my hands swearing by my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance
   F(addD)                      C6/E
So may I work the mills just as long as I am able

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and never meet the man whose name is on the label

      F(addD)                   C6/E
It be me and my machine for the rest of the morning

        Cm/D#                 D7sus4
for the rest of the afternoon

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and the rest of my life
--- D/G: xx0220 C/G: xx0433 Fsus2: x3x03x C6/E: x2x03x Cm/D#: x1x03x D7sus4: x02030 F(add9):x32030 F/G: xx0010