Hard working man (video) (intro) (midi)

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1. I'm a hard workin' man, I wear a steel hard hat,

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I can ride, rope, hammer and paint,

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do things with my hands that most men can't.

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I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try,

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I'm getting really good at barely getting by.

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2. Got everything I own by the sweat of my brow,

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from my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots,

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I owe it all to my blue-collar roots.

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Feel like I'm workin' overtime on a runaway train,

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I've got to bust loose from this ball and chain.

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I'm a hard, hard-workin' man,

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I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.

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And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,

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about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.

+ instrumental = CHORUS

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3. Come Friday night I like to party hard,

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I carry on with the Cadillac cuties,

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spend my whole week's pay on some weekend beauty.

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Come Monday morning I'm the first to arrive,

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I ain't nothin' but business from nine to five.

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I'm a hard, hard-workin' man,

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I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.

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And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,

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about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.

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I can't wait to get up in the mornin', and do it all over again,

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well, I'm a hard-livin', hard-workin' man.

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And women, too.

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Brooks & Dunn)