The Dubliners – Working Man (Guitar)

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[Intro] | N.C. | % | % | % | | G | D | G | % | [Verse 1]
       G                          C               G
It's a working man I am, and I've been down under ground.

      G                              D
And I swear to God if I ever see the sun

       G                         C             G
or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind:

  G                D             G
I never again will go down under ground.
[Verse 2]
       G                        C                  G
At the age of sixteen years, he quarreled with his peers

  G                                D
A vow there would never be another one

       G                                   C               G
In the dark recess of the mines, where you age before your time

G                      D             G
and the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs.
[Chorus]
       G                          C               G
It's a working man I am, and I've been down under ground.

      G                              D
And I swear to God if I ever see the sun

       G                         C             G
or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind:

  G                D             G 
I never again will go down under ground.
[Verse 3]
       G                          C                G
At the age of sixty-four, He will greet you at the door

       G                           D
and He will gently take you by the arm

        G                                C                G
through dark recess of the mine, He will take you back in time

    G               D                   G
and tell you of the hardships that were had.
[Chorus]
       G                          C               G
It's a working man I am, and I've been down under ground.

      G                              D
And I swear to God if I ever see the sun

       G                         C             G
or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind:

  G                D             G 
I never again will go down under ground.
[Chorus]
       G                          C               G
It's a working man I am, and I've been down under ground.

      G                              D
And I swear to God if I ever see the sun

       G                         C             G
or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind:

  G                D             G 
I never again will go down under ground.
[Chorus]
       G                          C               G
It's a working man I am, and I've been down under ground.

      G                              D
And I swear to God if I ever see the sun

       G                         C             G
or for any length of time, I can hold it in my mind:

  G                D             G 
I never again will go down under ground.
[Outro]
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(Repeat and fade)