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Recorded by Johnny Cash

Words and music by Jerry Chestnut

(SPOKEN)

I dedicate this song to the workin' man

For ever' man that puts in a hard

Eight or ten hours a day of work and toil and sweat

Always got somebody lookin' down his neck

Tryin' to get more out of 'im

Than he really ought to have to put in.

CAPO: 1st Fret/KEY: G#/PLAY: G

	G
	After twenty nine long years of workin'

	A7
In this shop with Oney standin' o-	ver me ...

	D7
To-	day when that old whistle blows

	G
I'll check in all my gear and I'll re-	tire ...

The superintendent just dropped by and said

	A7
They'd planned my little get to-	gether ...

	D7
Then	he said I'd never made it

	G
If old Oney hadn't held me to the	fire.

I've seen him in my dreams at night

And woke up in the mornin' feelin' tired ...

And old Oney don't remember when I came here

How he tried to get me fired ...

With his folded hands behind him

Every mornin' Oney waited at the gate ...

Where he'd rant and rave like I committed murder

Clockin' in five minutes late.

CHANGE TO A:

	A
	But today they'll gather 'round me

	B7
Like I've seen 'em do when any man	retires ...

	E7
Then	old Oney's gonna tell me

	A
>From now on I'm free to do what I	desire ...

He'll present me with that little old gold watch

	B7
They give a man at times	like this ...

	E7
But	there's one thing he's not countin' on

	A
Today's the day I give old Oney	his.

CHANGE TO C:

	C
	I've been workin', buildin' muscles

	D7
Oney's just been standin' 'round a-get-	tin' soft ...

	G7
And	today about four-thirty

	C
I'll make up for every good night's sleep	I've lost ...

When I'm gone I'll be remembered

	D7
As the workin' man who put his point	across ...

	G7
With	a right hand full of knuckles

	C
'Cause today I show old Oney who's the	boss.

Hmmmm! What time is it? Four thirty! Hey, Oney! Oney! Ha ha ha ha!

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