F#m7 Bm7 C#m7 Amaj7
[Verse 1]
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Fifteen hours in the shop today
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Putting in time, running, making my pay
Dmaj7 Amaj7
And when I get home baby and my bones are tired
F#m Bm7 C#m7 Amaj7
I just want to sip my drink by the fire
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Cold steel showers at the Thompson mill
Dmaj7 Amaj7
It's long hard hours making that Thompson steel
Dmaj7 Amaj7
If I had my way I might be next to you
F#m7 Bm7 C#m7 Amaj7 Dmaj7/A
But there's certain things a man's got to do
[Chorus]
D C#m Bm7 D C#m F#m
Baby what you got to understand
D C#m Bm7 Amaj7
I'm nothing if I ain't a working man
D C#m Bm7 D C#m F#m
Baby what you got to understand
D C#m Bm7 Bm7 Amaj7
I'm nothing if I ain't a working man
[Verse 3]
Dmaj7 Amaj7
I know it's hard to take it sitting down
Dmaj7 Amaj7
And harder still without your man around
Dmaj7 Amaj7
But what I'm doing here, I do for you
F#m7 Bm7 C#m Amaj7
You give me everything I need, cause your love it's true
[Verse 4]
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Punch my card in the morning light
Dmaj7 Amaj7
Once again in the dark of night
Dmaj7 Amaj7
I've had all I can stand of this working life
F#m Bm C#m Amaj7 Dmaj7/A
That's why a working man needs a loving wife
[Chorus]
D C#m Bm7 D C#m F#m
Baby what you got to understand
D C#m Bm7 Amaj7
I'm nothing if I ain't a working man
D C#m Bm7 D C#m F#m
Baby what you got to understand
D C#m Bm7 Bm7 Amaj7
I'm nothing if I ain't a working man
[Outro] (slow 6/8)
Dmaj7 C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Dmaj7 C#m7 Bm7 F#m7
(repeat and fade)
