Hard Hat And a Hammer

Intro 2x: E A B

E               A           B
Lace-up boots and faded jeans
E                     A           
A homemade sandwich, a half jug of 
 B
tea
E           A         B
Average Joe, average pay
E                A         B
Same ol' end and same ol' day

          E                     
But there's nothing wrong with a 
   A              B
hard hat and a hammer
E                   A            
Kind of glue that sticks this 
      B
world together
E                    A           
Hands of steel and cradle of the 
          B7
Promised Land
                            ( E A 
God bless the working man
B ) (2x)


E              A        B
All week long making a living
E                 A          B
Life keeps takin', he keeps giving
E                A           B
Behind the scene, below the grade
E                 A     
Hardly noticed but part of 
       B
everything

         E                      
But there's nothing wrong with a 
   A              B
hard hat and a hammer
E                   A            
Kind of glue that sticks this 
      B
world together
E                    A           
Hands of steel and cradle of the 
          B7
Promised Land
                            ( E A 
God bless the working man
B ) (2x)  E A B7


E                 A           B
He gives his life then fades away
E                A            B
Another young man takes his place
E           A         B
Average Joe, average pay
E           A           B
Same ol end, same old' day

           E                    
But there's nothing wrong with a 
  A              B
hard hat and a hammer
E                   A            
Kind of glue that sticks this 
      B
world together
E                    A           
Hands of steel and cradle of the 
          B7
Promised Land

         E                      
No, there's nothing wrong with a 
  A              B
hard hat and a hammer
E                   A            
Kind of glue that sticks this 
     B
world together
E                    A           
Hands of steel and cradle of the 
          B7
Promised Land
                            E  A
God bless the working man

      B          E  A
The working man
          B        E  A  B
Oh, the working man
E
   and woman.