Work Life Out Just To Keep Life In - Martin Carthy Chords
Chords: A, D, E, F#m
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Genre: folk, folksong, traditional
[Verse]
A D A D A
A working man as you can see, that is what he was born to be
D A E
Married to the working wife, that is what she’ll be all her life
D A D F#m E
Never lived beyond their means nor sought assistance from their friends
A D A D E D
Yet day and night, through thick and thin, they Work Life Out Just To Keep
A
Life In
[Chorus]
D A D F#m E
No matter friends, what ere befall the poor folk they must work or fall
A D A D E
Through frost and snow, through sleet and wind they Work Life Out Just To
D A
Keep Life In
[Verse]
A D A D A
Do you see the women who make the gowns for those in other parts of town
D A E
It’s a picture sore, the poor to see and I’m sure with me you will agree
D A D F#m E
Meagre is their daily pay to feed and clad a family with
A D A D E D
She’s overworked, she’s tired and thin, she Works Life Out Just To Keep Life
A
In
[Chorus]
D A D F#m E
No matter friends, what ere befall the poor folk they must work or fall
A D A D E
Through frost and snow, through sleet and wind they Work Life Out Just To
D A
Keep Life In
[Verse]
A D A D A
Oh mischief mind where do you roam? When reason called you weren’t at home
D A E
If you take cheese from off the rat, is he then free to hunt the cat?
D A D F#m E
If free from unions, free from dues, are you free from choice or free to
choose?
A D A D E D A
Or free as any bird blown by the wind to Work Life Out Just To Keep Life In
[Chorus]
D A D F#m E
No matter friends, what ere befall the poor folk they must work or fall
A D A D E
Through frost and snow, through sleet and wind they Work Life Out Just To
D A
Keep Life In
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