Working Man Blues Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
Working Man Blues
Recorded by Merle Haggard
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It's a big job just getting by with nine kids and a wife
I been a working man dang near all my life
I'll be
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working long as my two hands are fit to
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use
I'll
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drink my beer in a tavern
Sing a little bit of these
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working man
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blues
I keep my nose on the grindstone I work hard every day
Might get a little tired on the weekend after I draw my pay
But I'll go back
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working come Monday morning
I'm right back with the
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crew
I'll
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drink a little beer that evening
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blues
Sometimes I think about leaving do a little bumming around
I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
But I go back
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working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of
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shoes
Yeah
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drink a little beer in a tavern
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Hey hey the working man the working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare that's one place I won't be
Cause I'll be
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working long as my two hands are fit to
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use
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drink a little beer in a tavern
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blues
repeat #3
Yeah
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drink a little beer in a tavern
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blues
FAQ
Who sang the the song Working Man Blues?
- The song Working Man Blues was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
