Tom Paxton – A Job Of Work (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
G I hate unemployment and I'll tell you why, G I want to keep working til the day I die, G I like to work, I do it well and when G I can't feed my fam'ly, Lord I feel like hell.
[Chorus]
C G Lord, give me a job of work to do. C G Lord, give me a job of work to do. D7 G That's all I want, that's all I ask of You.
[Verse 2]
G The government man, he says its fine G To go on down to the free food line. G Nice of the government to be so fair G But I don't want my friends to see me there.
[Chorus]
C G Lord, give me a job of work to do. C G Lord, give me a job of work to do. D7 G That's all I want, that's all I ask of You.
[Verse 3]
G I was born and raised in these old hills, G I never left 'em and I never will. G I'm able-bodied and my friends are, too, G And all we ask is a job to do.
[Chorus]
C G Lord, give me a job of work to do. C G Lord, give me a job of work to do. D7 G That's all I want, that's all I ask of You.
[Verse 4]
G Yes, these are the worst times I have seen, G Don't want to seem ungrateful or mean, G But a mans got to raise his family G And I can't stand to raise 'em on charity.
[Chorus]
C G Lord, give me a job of work to do. C G Lord, give me a job of work to do. D7 G That's all I want, that's all I ask of You.