Workin' Man by Rita MacNeil (who lives in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, where many of the mines extended (and still extend?) out beneath the ocean floor

Choose a key you like: D on left, G on right. I like D, capo 4
(I can't get chords lined up above words either :-)

D - It's a workin' man I am G -
G D And I've b'n down underground C G
- - A - And I swear to God if I ever see the sun - - D -
D - Or for any length of time G -
G D I can hold it in my mind C G
- A D - I never again will go down underground - D G -


D - At the age of sixteen years G -
G D Oh, he quarrels with his peers C G
- - A - Who vowed they'd never see another one - - D -
D - In the dark recess of the mines G -
G D Where you age before your time C G
- A D - And the coal dust lies heavy on your lungs - D G -

(Repeat chorus)

D - At the age of sixty-four G -
G D Oh, he'll greet you at the door C G
- - A - And he'll gently lead you by the hand - - D -
D - Through the dark recess of the mines G -
G D Oh, he'll take you back in time C G
- A D - And he'll tell you of the hardships that were had - D G -

(Repeat chorus at least twice)