I Ain't Going To Work Tomorrow Chords

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I Ain't Going To Work Tomorrow by The Carter Family is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			     D                                                                       A               D 
    I'm a going to leave this country, I'm a going around this world, 
               G                            D                                A            D     A D 
    I'm a going to leave this country for the sake of one little girl. 

                     D                                                                  A              D 
    Well, she told me that she loved me and it gives my poor heart ease, 
                        G                                  D 
    when she's got her back turned on me 
                                  A                D        A D 
    she's courting whoever she please. 

                D                                                                A               D 
    Well, I lost my money in gambling, and I lost my name, you see, 
       G                    D                            A            D        A  D 
    I am nobody's darling and nobody cares for me. 

      D                                                                                  A           D 
    Don’t you hear my banjo ringing, don’t you hear this mournful sound, 
                      G                                 D 
    don’t you hear those pretty girls laughing, 
                               A               D          A D 
    standing on the cold cold ground. 

     D                                                               A            D 
    I'll hang my head in sorrow, I'll hang my head and cry, 
          G                         D                                A        D         A D 
    I'll hang my head in sorrow as my darling passes by. 

                D                                                                    A              D 
    Well, I ain’t going to work tomorrow, and I may not work next day 
       G                                D                            A              D       A D 
    I ain’t going to work tomorrow for it'll be a wet, rainy day. 
    	

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100 BPM Andante