Manual Labor chords

Billy Joe Shaver

Key: 

Simplify chords 

Capo: 2st fret

  			 

Intro  C G D D G 

Verse 1 

G                                           D 
From the garden of eden right on up to today 
D                                                           G  
By the sweat of his brow is how a mans supposed to earn his pay 
G                                         D 
But the VIP's and the rich folks of this land 
D                                         G 
Think manual labor ain't nothing but a Mexican 
G 
Who swam the Rio Grande 
G                                  D 
Manual Labor that old back breaker him 
D                                               G 
Sure knows how to make a fool out of folks like me 
G                                                 D 
It throws your muscle in hustle and it numbs your brain 
D                                                     G 
Then it hauls you off down the tracks like a run away train 

           C                      G 
Oh manual labor you, you old back breaker you 
                D                        D 
I must have mistaken you, for a true blue friend you've never been 
                C                                   G 
My youth and my good time spent, don't know where my money went 
                  D                       D 
I like how the government, got more than their share oh well who cares 
                   C                             G 
I'm a gettin' on a holy road, send a dollar to a TV show 
                  D                               D 
God knows how the money goes, when your saving a soul, big save-on soul 

Solo (In the key of A)     C G D D G 

Chorus repeat and fade