Millworker Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

D C/D D

DNow my A/Dgrandfather was a Dsailor, he GblDew in off the A/Dwater

DMy father was a A/Dfarmer and IG/D, his only dauA/Dghter,

Dtook up with a nA/Do-good millworking maG/Dn from MassachuA/Dsetts

who Ddies from too much A/Dwhiskey and G/Dleaves me these three A/Dfaces to fDeed

D Csus2 G6 B A7sus4

A/DMill-work ain't eaDsy; G/Dmill-work ain't A/Dhard

DMill-work, it ain't A/Dnothing but an G/Dawful boring A/Djob

I'm Dwaiting for a A/Dday dream to G/Dtake me through the A/Dmorning

and Dput me in my cA/Doffee break where G/DI can have a A/Dsandwich and reDmember

C(addD) G6/B

Then it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning

for the GmresA♯t of the afternoon A7sus4

and the rest of my lDife C/D D C D

Now my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm

I can see my father smiling at me, swingin' on his arm

I can hear my grand-dad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie

where vessels and cargos and fortunes and sailor's lives were lost

Yes, but it's my life has been wasted, and I have been the fool

to let this manufacture use my body for a tool.

I can ride home in the evening, staring at my hands

swearing by my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance

C(addD) G6/B

So may I work the mills just as long as I am able

and GmnevA♯er meet the man whose A7sus4name is on the labelD

C(addD) G6/B

It be me and my machine for the rest of the morning

for the GmresA♯t of the afternoon A7sus4

and the rest of my lDife C/D D C D

G6/B: x2x03x

Gm/A♯: x1x03x