Working On The Highway

Working On The Highway - Bruce Springsteen

Intro
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Verse 1
AFriday Night's Pay Night Guys Fresh Out Of WorDadd9/Ak       A  Dadd9/A        A​
ATalking About The Weekend Scrubbing Off The DiDadd9/Art      A  Dadd9/A        A​
ASome Heading Home To Their Families Some Looking To Get Dadd9/AHurt    A  Dadd9/A        A​
ASome Going Down To Stovell Wearing Trouble On Their ShirDadd9/Ats      A  Dadd9/A        A​

Verse 2
AI Work For The County Out On 95               Dadd9/A        A  Dadd9/A        A​
AAll Day I Hold A Red Flag And Watch The Traffic Pass Me Dadd9/ABy      A  Dadd9/A        A​
AIn My Head I Keep A Picture Of A Pretty Little Miss     Dadd9/A        A  Dadd9/A        A​
ASomeday Mister I'm Gonna Lead A Better Life Than This

Chorus 1
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Laying Down The Blacktop
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 All Day Long I Don't Stop
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Blasting Through The Bedrock
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Working On The Highway

[Break 1] 2X
Dadd9/A A Dadd9/A A Dadd9/A A E5 A

Verse 3
AI Met Her At A Dance Down At The Union HallDadd9/A        A  Dadd9/A        A​
AShe Was Standing With Her Brothers Back Up Against The WDadd9/Aall     A  Dadd9/A        A​
ASometimes We'd Go Walking Down The Union TrackDadd9/As       A  Dadd9/A        A​
AOne Day I Looked Straight At Her And She Looked StraightDadd9/A Back   A  Dadd9/A        A​

Chorus 2
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Laying Down The Blacktop
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 All Day Long I Don't Stop
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Blasting Through The Bedrock
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Working On The Highway

[Break 2] 2X
Dadd9/A A Dadd9/A A Dadd9/A A E5 A

Bridge
F#m7Saved Up My Money And I APut It All Away
I F#m7Went To See Her Daddy But We ADidn't Have Much To Say
"F#m7Son Can't You See That She's AJust A Little Girl
Dadd9She Don't Know Nothing About ThisE5 Cruel Cruel World"

Verse 4
AWe Lit Out Down To Florida We Got Along All Right Dadd9/A        A  Dadd9/A        A​
AOne Day Her Brothers Came And Got Her And They Took Me IDadd9/An A BlacAk Dadd9/AAnd WhitAe
AThe Prosecutor Kept The Promise That He Made On That DayDadd9/A        A  Dadd9/A        A​
AAnd The Judge Got Mad And He Put Me Straight Away Dadd9/A        A  Dadd9/A        A​

Verse 5
AI Wake Up Every Morning To The Work Bell Clang    Dadd9/A        A  Dadd9/A        A​
Me And The AWarden Go Swinging On The Charlotte County Road Gang

Chorus 3
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Laying Down The Blacktop
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 All Day Long I Don't Stop
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Blasting Through The Bedrock
Dadd9Working On The Highway E5 Working On The Highway

[Break 3] 2X
Dadd9/A A Dadd9/A A Dadd9/A A E5 A
Repeat Through Ending