Chords for Kate and Anna McGarrigle with Maria Muldaur: The Work Song (1984)

[N] _ [D] I see a friend of [Ebm] mine [Dbm] waiting in the wings [A] who looks lovely and [Dbm] ravishing tonight.
[A] It's Maria Mulder.
We'd like to [Gb] bring her up.
[B] Thank you.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ [G]
[A] How about you?
_ _ _ _ We're going [C] to do a song that [Ab] I recorded on my first solo [C] album.
I've been a [Cm] McGarrigle fan for a long time [Ebm] and this is the [C] first song of theirs [Gb] I ever did.
[Am] It's called The [F] Work Song.
[C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Back before the blues were blue _
_ When the good old [Am] _
[D] songs were _ [Ab] new
_ [C] _
Songs that may [A] no _ [Gbm]
longer [Cm] please _ [G] us
About the [C] _ _ darkies, _ about [G] _ [C] Jesus
_ [Dm] _ Mississippi _ minstrels, [C] the color of [Em] molasses
_ _ [F] Strummin' on their _ banjos to [C] entertain their masses
_ [F] Some _ said garbage, _ [Am] others cried [Ab] art
You couldn't call it so [Dm] large, you had to [C] call it _ hard _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Go back, go, [F]
and in a day [C] you'll also plant the seed
The [F] owners make the feed and the workers make [C] the meat
Put your [G] mortar in the [F] stove [C] and water in the cup
You [F] worked so hard [C] that you died standing up _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When I _ was a little thing
_ My papa _ [Am] tried to make me [Dm]
sing
_ _ [C] Home sweet home and _ [Gbm] _ Annalee _ _
_ [C] _ These were songs that Marty _ _ taught me _
[G] Camp town races, _ _ Susanna don't you [C] cry
_ _ [F]
Gentle Annie still brings a tear to [C] my eye _ _
[F] Label it garbage, _ [Am] label it art
[Ab] _ You couldn't call it so [F] large, you had to call [C] it _ hard _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] Go back, go, [C] and in a day you'll also plant the seed
The [F] owners make the feed and [C] the workers make the [Dm] meat
Put your mortar in [F] the stove [C] and water in the cup
You [F] worked so hard that [C] you died standing up _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sing me songs about _ days gone _ by _ _
Make me _ laugh [D] and make me [Ab] _ cry _ _ _
[G] Break my _ _ female [Gbm] hunt _ _ _ too _ _ _
[C] Sing me songs that say I _ [Em] love you
[G] _
Lower your eyes and raise your [C] hand up to your breast _ _
[F] Sing me one about the sun _ [C] setting [Gm] in the [C] _
west
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Go [G] back, go, and in a day [C] you'll also plant the seed
The [F] owners make the feed and [C] the workers make the meat
Put [Dm] your mortar in the stove and [C] water in the cup
[F] You worked so hard that you died standing [C] up
Go [G] back, go, and in a day [C] you'll also plant the seed
[F] The owners make the feed and the [C] workers make the meat
Put [Dm] your mortar in the stove and [C] water in the cup
[F] You worked so hard that you [C] died [Dm] _
standing [C] up _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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