Workingman's Hands

        
        
He can knock down the wall
Build it up strong
Set the flagstones in a path

With a nail and a hammer
Barrow and saw
See about the hole in the roof

	And the gathered all breathe
	A sigh of relief
	At completion of a well-laid plan
	It's wearing the day long
	And breaking the skin
	In the palms of the workingman's hands


Let the tool do the work
Pull and don't push
Drag that wagon over the hill

Measure twice and cut once, son
Clear the felled brush
Edge around the gardens and walks

	On a shiny John Deere
	Will he reappear
	With a power drill and a paintbrush
	And a chip on his shoulder
	As wide as a barn
	And as hard as the workingman's hands


Now your Uncle John walked a mile to school
In a storm and it was uphill both ways
Oh, you save your money for a hole in the ground
A black car and a long wall of roses



	And the gathered all breathe
	A sigh of relief
	At completion of a well-laid plan
	It's wearing the day long
	And breaking the skin
	In the palms of the workingman's hands
	It's wearing the day long
	And breaking the skin
	In the palms of the workingman's hands
	
Now the old iron gate
Could use some fresh paint

Key: D
intro: 
D | G D | G | A | 2x
D |
G D |
G | A |

D |
G D |
G | A |

Bm |
G |
A | G D |
Bm G |
A D |
G A |
D | G D | G | A |

D |
G D |
G | A |

D |
G D |
G | A |

Bm |
G |
A | G D |
Bm G |
A D |
G A |
D | - |

F#m | - |
G A | Bm |
G | - |
F#m | G | A |

solo = verse

Bm |
G |
A | G D |
Bm G |
A D |
G A | D | - |
Bm G |
A D |
G A | D | - |

D | 
Dsus4 D |