Handyman Blues

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(spoken)
Cm
Well excuse me mam’ I wants ta put in my unemployment form please
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Now hold on a minute mister, now it says here that you ain’t been working for 3 years
Cm
That’s right
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Hey, wanna tell ya, ain’t it bout time you got yourself a job?
Cm
I’m looking for a job right now
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Looking for a job and praying you ain’t gonna find one
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You tell me what the last thing you done now
G
The last one?


[Verse 1]
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I used to get up in the morning
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Go to work with rain comin’ down
Cm
And when I was a handyman
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Working in a country town
Fm
When I was a handyman
Cm
I cut down every tree in the yard
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And the reason being
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I swang my axe so hard


[Verse 2]
Cm
Handyman
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Is a good thing to be
Cm
You’re working hours
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Is from eight till three
Fm
When I was a handyman
Cm
I’d trim the rough edges of your lawn
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I’d trimmed it so close
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A cold chill run through your bones


[Verse 3]
Cm
Handyman
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Can fix your squeaking floors
Cm
Handyman
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Can shine the bit of your front door
Fm
When I was a handyman
Cm
A women had me diggin in the mud
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When my spade hit bedrock
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She hollered ‘Oh my lord’ Oh my lord