Remove Ads[Verse 1]
C Bb Am F C Bb….When the foreman came, he helped me understand
Am C BbThat my destiny was mortar in the Almighty’s hand
Am FThen they shipped my ass and they worked me place to place
C Bb F C Dm…..Then delivered me in the combines as a ward of the state
[Chorus]
C/EMm, come to find me
FI’m here today but don’t belong
I’m working ’til the debt is gone
GmThe upside of it
DmThe upside of it
C Dm C/E..But in a most familiar way
FI’m begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
GmThe upside of it
Dm CThe upside of it
[Verse 2]
C Bb FNight work shattered me with overtime and they fined me
C BbWhite kids say they sympathise
F C BbBut they’re afraid to look me in the eyes…..
Up, up, up, up, up in the sky some place
C Bb F…..I got treasures up in heaven and the state just takes the rest
[Verse 3]
C Bb….I been working at the sawmill down in Kinleith for some time
C Bb….I’m gonna save for my own furniture and kitchen down the line
C Bb…..But they make it hard to pay for things outside of cigarettes
C Bb……Mm, it’s just the jobs we’re in, well, alright then, and amen
[Chorus]
Dm C/E..Come to find me
FI’m here today but don’t belong
I’m working ’til the debt is gone
AmThe upside of it
Dm CThe upside of it
Dm C/EAnd in a most familiar way
FI’m begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
AmThe upside of it
Dm CThe upside of it
[Bridge]
Gm F Bb CIn the unrelieved serenity back home…
Gm Am BbI wonder how they talk of me
Gm F Bb CDo I send the card with mountains on?…..
Gm COr the one with all the riot police?
Bb CI don’t open doors for the uniform
Gm Am Bb C GmSkulking shadows that break in at the dawn time to haul us away
Am BbDo you know how it feels?
C Gm Am Bb CI can recite every libel and terrible thing I get
Gm C‘Cause I built this place
[Chorus]
Dm C/E..Alrighty
FI’m here until I don’t belong
I’m working ’til the debt is gone
GmThe upside of it
Dm CThe upside of it
Dm C/EAnd in a most familiar way
FI’m begging you to understand
I try to be a decent man
GmThe upside of it
Dm CThe upside of it
[Outro]
Dm C/E F…………
GmThe upside of it
Dm CThe upside of it
Dm C/E F Gm Dm C………………….
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