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)