Intro: C
verse 1
C
I'm a hard workin' man, I wear a steel hard hat,
F
I can ride, rope, hammer and paint,
C
do things with my hands that most men can't.
G
I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try,
C C
I'm getting really good at barely getting by.
verse 2
C
Got everything I own by the sweat of my brow,
F
from my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots,
C
I owe it all to my blue-collar roots.
G
Feel like I'm workin' overtime on a runaway train,
C
I've got to bust loose from this ball and chain.
F Eb C
I'm a hard, hard-workin' man,
G C
I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.
F Eb C
And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,
G C
about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.
Solo
F Eb C G C
F Eb C G C
verse 3
C
Come Friday night I like to party hard,
F
I carry on with the Cadillac cuties,
C
spend my whole week's pay on some weekend beauty.
G
Come Monday morning I'm the first to arrive,
C
I ain't nothin' but business from nine to five.
F Eb C
I'm a hard, hard-workin' man,
G C
I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.
F Eb C
And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,
G C
about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.
G C
I can't wait to get up in the mornin', and do it all over again,
G C F C
well, I'm a hard-livin', hard-workin' man.