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/ Creedence Clearwater Revival / Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) / The Working Man guitar tab

Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Song: The Working Man
Album: CCR Box set

Normal tuning, mainly jamming

Intro:

E---------------------------------------------
A-------4---4-------4---4---------------------
D-5p4-2---2---5p4-2---2-----------------------
G---------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------
e---------------------------------------------

Verse 1:

E---------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------
B-------2---2---------------------------------
e-3p2-0---0-------------------------------7-9-
                    I was born on a sunday

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------11-9-11-9-11--
G--------------------------------------------------9-11-9--------------9
B--------------------------------------7-9-------7----------------------
e------------------------------------------9-7-9------------------------
 On thursday I had me a job

E----------------------------
A----------------------------
D----------------------------
G----------------------------
B----------------------------
e------------------------7-9-
 I was born on a sunday

E------------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------11-9-11-9-11--
G---------------------------------------------------9-11-9--------------9
B---------------------------------------7-9-------7----------------------
e-------------------------------------------9-7-9------------------------
 By thursday I was working out on a job

E---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
G------------------------------6-9
B-------------------------9b-7----
e---------------------------------
 I aint never had a day off

E----------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------2---2---------2---2
e---------------------------------3-2-0---0-----3-2-0---0--
 Since the I learned right from wrong

Verse 2:

E------------------------
A------------------------
D------------------------
G------------------------
B--------------------9b-7
e------------------------
 Mama said I was bad

E-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------11---11-9-11--
G-------------------------------------------9----9---------9
B----------------------------9-9--------9-7-----------------
e--------------------------------9-7-9----------------------
 I did something to her head

E------------------------
A------------------------
D------------------------
G-----------------------9
B--------------------9b--
e------------------------
 Mama said I was bad

E-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------11-9-11---
G-------------------------------------------9---------9-
B--------------------------------------9b-7-------------
e----------------------------7-9p7-9p7------------------
 I did something to her head

E-------------------------------
A-------------------------------
D-------------------------------
G-------------------------------
B-----------------------9b-9-7--
e------------------------------9
 And poppa threw me out

E---------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------6-9----
G------------------------------------6-9---------5-6
B----------------------------------------7-9--------
e---------------------------------------------------
 Ahhh said I got to earn my own wage

Solo (can't figure it out, it's impossible to touch Fogerty's solos)

Chorus:

E-------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------6-----6
B-------------------------------8-p7----5------5--
e-------------------------------------------------
 I ain't never been in trouble, I aint got the time

E--------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------6---6
B----------------------------------------8--p7--5-----5--
e--------------------------------------------------------
 I don't mess around with magic, child, what I got is mine

I will have more in due time, it's just that the 3rd and 4th verses are very difficult to decipher. Enjoy!

Much love and peace

RIP Jerry Garcia, Pigpen, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, all the greats


Creedence Clearwater Revival albums
2004 Platinum
1972 Mardi Gras
1970 Pendulum
1970 Cosmo's Factory
1969 Willy and the Poor Boys
1969 Green River
1969 Bayou Country
1968 Creedence Clearwater Revival
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