Tom Paxton – A Job Of Work (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
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I hate unemployment and I'll tell you why,

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I want to keep working til the day I die,

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I like to work, I do it well and when

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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]
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The government man, he says its fine

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To go on down to the free food line.

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Nice of the government to be so fair

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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]
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I was born and raised in these old hills,

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I never left 'em and I never will.

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I'm able-bodied and my friends are, too,

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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]
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Yes, these are the worst times I have seen,

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Don't want to seem ungrateful or mean,

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But a mans got to raise his family

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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.