forty hour week

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

-5 6 6 -5 5 -5 6 6 -5
5     5   5  5   5   5   5 -7
There are people in this country
5  -5    6   -5  5  5
Who work hard every day_____
-6 -6   -6  -6  6  5    5  -5  -5   6
Not for fame or fortune do they strive___
5   5   5      5  7     5 -7
But the fruits of their labor
-7  -5   -5    -5   5       6 -5 5
Are worth more then theyre paid
5   5   -6  -6 -6  -6 6 -5 5
And its time a few of them
5    5 5  5    5 7 -7
Were recognized_____

6-7   7  -7      6     6   -5  5
Hello pittsburg, steel mill worker
5   5  7     5   5   -5   6
Let me thank you for your time_____
5   5    5 7 7   5 5  5    5   5 -7-5 6 -5 5
You work a forty hour week for a livin___
5    5  6    6  6  -5   5   5 
Just to send it on down the line

5    5  5   5   -5 -5   -5     5  -5  4
This is for the one who swings the hammer
7  7  -7    -7  -7 7
Drivin home the nail
5    5  -5  -5 -5  5   -5 -3     
For the one behind the counter, 
7  7   -7  -7  -7 
ringing up the sales
6   -7  7   7   7      7   7 -7  
For the one who fights the fire, 
6   7  -7   -7     6  -5 5
the one who brings the mail
5   -5-5  -5  -5  6     6 6     6  -6
For ev'ry one who works behind the scenes

You can see them every morning
In the factories and the fields
In the city streets and the quiet country towns
Workin together like spokes inside a wheel
They keep this country turnin around

Hello kansas wheatfield farmer
Let me thank you for your time
You work a forty hour week for a livin
Just to send it on down the line
Hello west virginia coal miner
Let me thank you for your time
You work a forty hour week for a livin
Just to send it on down the line

This is for the one who drives the big rig
Up and down the road
For the one out in the warehouse
Bringing in the load
For the waitress, the mechanic,
The policeman on patrol
For everyone who works behind the scenes

6    6 -6-6   -6  -6  -6 -7        
With a spirit you cant replace 
-7  -7  -7 7  7 -8 -8 
with no machine________
6 -7  87-7 -7 
Hello america
4   5  6     -5  5   4    5  4  -3
Let me thank you for your time______

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