| G | C | G | |
| I been a-havin' some hard | travellin', | I thought you knowed, |
| D7 | |
| I been a-havin' some hard travellin', | way down the road, |
| G | G7 | C | C7 | |
| I been a-havin' some | hard travellin', | hard ramblin', | hard gamblin', |
| D7 | G | |
| I been havin' some hard travellin', | Lord. |
| I been a-workin' in a hard rock tunnel, I thought you knowed, |
| I been a-leanin' on a pressure drill, way down the road, |
| Hammer flyin', air hose suckin', six feet of mud, I sure been a-muckin' |
| I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord. |
| I been a-workin' that Pittsburg sttel, I thought you knowed, |
| I been workin' that red-hot slag, way down the road, |
| I been a-blastin', I been a-firin', I been a-duckin' red-hot iron, |
| I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord. |
| I been hittin' some hard harvestin', I thought you knowed, |
| I been hittin' some rough handlin', way down the road, |
| Cut that wheat and stack that hay, tryin' to make about a dollar a day, |
| I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord. |
| I been hittin' that Lincoln Highway, I thought you knowed, |
| I been a-hittin' that sixty-six, way down the road, |
| Heavy load and worried mind, lookin' for a woman that's hard to find, |
| I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord. |