Misc Traditional – Harry Stamper - We Just Come To Work Here We Dont Come To Die (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
     G
Well I’ve been working here for fifteen years

         C                 G
and I’ve seen some changes come.

      G
I’ve seen some Okies called Californians,

      A7                     D
I’ve seen some poets called bums.

      G
I’ve seen people working for safety,

      C                 G
there must be a reason why.

      G                C    G
Maybe we just come to work here,

D                G
We don’t come to die.
[Verse 2]
         G
I would like to end up with all of my fingers,

         C                    G
I don’t want my brain to get numb

         G
I would like to have my ears when retirement nears,

         A7                 D
I'd like to hear that applause come.

         G
And I’d like to see my grand-children,

            C                      G
Be able to pick them up when they cry.

           G                C   G    D                G
That’s why I just come to work here, I don’t come to die.
[Chorus]
                C
Cause if it’s always level on the floor where you’re working

          G
and your telephone is OSHA approved,

          C
When you tell me how much you’re spending on safety,

       A7             D
pardon me if I’m not moved.

G                    C                  G
Ever since 1970 the law has been on my side.

            G                C   G    D                G
That's why we just come to work here, we don’t come to die.
[Verse 3]
     G
Now I’ll be the pitcher, and you can be the batter;

     C                             G
you know that’s just the old ball game.

              G
But when the line starts popping and that load starts dropping,

     A7                 D
our situations not the same.

    G
And I’m not saying that you don’t care,

        C                      G
I’m not saying that you don’t try.

             G                C   G
I’m saying: "we just come to work here,

D                 G
We don’t come to die."
[Verse 4]
    G
Now you and I know that the things that aren’t code

          C                   G
could be fixed with relative ease.

    G                             A7            D
But we never did get anything by asking on our knees.

    G
So now we’re looking you straight in the eye,

             C                     G
shoulder to shoulder and side by side.

              G                 C   G
We’re saying: "we just come to work here,

D                 G
we don’t come to die."
[Chorus]
                C
Cause if it’s always level on the floor where you’re working

          G
and your telephone is OSHA approved,

          C
When you tell me how much you’re spending on safety,

       A7             D
pardon me if I’m not moved.

G                    C                  G
Ever since 1970 the law has been on my side.

            G                C   G    D                G
That's why we just come to work here, we don’t come to die.

           G                C   G
That's why we just come to work here, mister,

D                 G
We don’t come to die.