Misc Originals – David Warmke - Working The Night Shift At Efco (Guitar)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Chorus]
D A IN high school I worked at Food City D G Bagging, stocking and checking G C A D College summers worked the night shift at EFCO D A Living an old school industrial life
[Verse 1]
D A EFCO Engineers and Fabricators Company D G My dad a machinist there from 42 to 85 G C A D Running the lone milling machine D A I was on nights in assembly
[Verse 2]
D A Making Heat exchanges for refineries D G Occasionally Nuclear Power Plants G C A D You had Machinist, rollers, tube pushers, welders A D Grinders and assembly men.
[Verse 3]
D A Worked with Bo, Joe, Jody, Ron, Steve a few more D G Bo was the foreman, sitting in AC drawing circles G C A D Joe was the lead man, a Pollack who could do anything D A Old Jody mostly sat, Greased studs hate salted tomatoes
[Verse 4]
D A Ron was the roller man, always a cigarette in hand D G Me and Steve were summer help G C A D Steve a preaches kid going Trinity D A Pl aying football and Stealing alligators form the SA Zoo
[Chorus]
D A IN high school I worked at Food City D G Bagging, stocking and checking G C A D In College summers working the night shift at EFCO D A Living life on the old school industrial side
[Verse 5]
D A We pulled bundles of tubes in to the big pipe D G Bolted it together and pressure tested it with air G C A D then High pressure water, Thousands of PSI D A When things were slow we‘d and grease studs with jody
[Verse 6]
D A It was fun, better than sacking groceries D G But not a job for life G C A D Got partially scalped the first year D A Last day I was there Joe had me move a bundle
[Verse 7]
D A I had run a tandem crane be3fore D G My first time , I did it I without question G C A D You had to time it just right, tap, wait push D A I got it just wrong; a 10,000 lb. pendulum was swinging
[Verse 8]
D A People were scattering, Joe took control D G He set it down, all was just fine G C A D I went outside the rest of the night D G Could have killed somebody,
[Chorus]
D A In high school I worked at Food City D G Bagging, stocking and checking G C A D In College summers working the night shift at EFCO D A Living life on the old school industrial side
[Outro]
D A I EFCO now gone along with lifetime jobs D G Condos took its place G C A D Those two summers had a glimpse of life a generation before D G C A D Working the night shift at EFCO
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