Jon Pardi – He Went To Work (Guitar)

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As recorded by Jon Pardi (2025 release) [Intro] D G D G [Verse 1]
                D
He didn't go to college on a full ride

G
Baseball scholarship

               D
Didn't head to L.A. or Broadway

G
Trying to make it big

                 D
He didn't take a few years after senior year

G
Tryin' to find himself

        D
He just did what he knew to do

          G
'Cause he didn't know nothing else
[Chorus]
           D
He went to work, he'd get it done

      G
Do anything under the sun

              D
Even when his hands or his back was hurt

           G
He'd dirty up a blue-collar shirt

           D
He put his family and the good Lord

           G
Top of the list of what he loved to live for

             D
He'd drink a beer, he'd hunt and fish

                  G
Played catch with me and give Mom a kiss

           D     G
He went to work
[Verse 2]
                D
When times were tough, bills piled up

    G
The ends didn't wanna meet

              D
If he worried some, you couldn't see it none

       G
No, he just rolled up his sleeves
[Chorus]
           D
He went to work, he'd get it done

      G
Do anything under the sun

              D
Even when his hands or his back was hurt

           G
He'd dirty up a blue-collar shirt

           D
He put his family and the good Lord

           G
Top of the list of what he loved to live for

             D
He'd drink a beer, he'd hunt and fish

                  G
Played catch with me and give Mom a kiss

           D
He went to work
[Guitar Solo] G D G [Bridge]
         Em                            G
It ain't easy trying to live up to his name, no, it ain't

    Em                         G
Someday I hope my kids can say the same
[Out-Chorus]
           D
He went to work, he'd get it done

      G
Do anything under the sun

              D
Even when his hands or his back was hurt

           G
He'd dirty up a blue-collar shirt

           D
He put his family and the good Lord

           G
Top of the list of what he loved to live for

             D
He'd drink a beer, he'd hunt and fish

                  G
Played catch with me and give Mom a kiss

           D     G
He went to work

           D     G
He went to work