Tono: A
Introducción: A
A
I'm a hard workin' man, I wear a steel hard hat,
D
I can ride, rope, hammer and paint,
A
do things with my hands that most men can't.
E
I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try,
A
I'm getting really good at barely getting by.
A
Got everything I own by the sweat of my brow,
D
from my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots,
A
I owe it all to my blue-collar roots.
E
Feel like I'm workin' overtime on a runaway train,
A
I've got to bust loose from this ball and chain.
D C A
I'm a hard, hard-workin' man,
E A A7
I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.
D C A
And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,
E A
about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.
A
Come Friday night I like to party hard,
D
I carry on with the Cadillac cuties,
A
spend my whole week's pay on some weekend beauty.
E
Come Monday morning I'm the first to arrive,
A
I ain't nothin' but business from nine to five.
D C A
I'm a hard, hard-workin' man,
E A A7
I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.
D C A
And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,
E A
about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.
E A
I can't wait to get up in the mornin', and do it all over again,
E A DA
well, I'm a hard-livin', hard-workin' man.
And women, too.