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Backbone Job by Keith Whitley
Backbone Job
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: G
[Intro]
G F D G G
[Verse 1]
G C G
Well I'm not lookin' for an occupation I just wanna go home
C G
They're holdin me a ticket at the greyhound station I'm still payin on
C G C D7
I never learned to sell folks nothin' I wasn't raised to steal or rob
G F D G
I'm lookin' for a backbone job
[Chorus]
C
I can pick and shovel I can hang drywall
G D G
Swing a nine pound hammer pull a cross-cut saw
C
A post-hole digger or barbwire strand
A7 C
I don't mind work but I'm a backbone man
[Solo]
| C G | G | G C | C G |
| G | G | G | A7 | C |
| C | G |
[Verse 2]
G C G
I'm not dumb but I ain't been to college I never got the first degree
C G
And now-a-days everybody's makin a livin' tappin on the TV screen
C G C D7
Now I'm down on a man's white collar I don't mean to be a snob
G F D G
I'm just a-lookin' for a backbone job
[Chorus]
C
I can pick and shovel I can hang drywall
G D G
Swing a nine pound hammer pull a cross-cut saw
C
A post-hole digger or barbwire strand
A7 C
I don't mind work but I'm a backbone man
[Verse 1]
G C G
Well I'm not lookin' for an occupation I just wanna go home
C G
They're holdin me a ticket at the greyhound station I'm still payin on
C G C D7
I never learned to sell folks nothin' I wasn't raised to steal or rob
G F D G
I'm lookin' for a backbone job
[Outro]
D7 G F D G
Just lookin' for a backbone job
D7 G F D G
I'm lookin' for a backbone job
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