C
Have you ever been mistreated?
F
You know just what I'm talking about
C
Have you ever been mistreated?
F
You know just what I'm talking about

G
I worked five long years for one woman
F
She had the nerve to put me out

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C
I got a job in a steel mill
F
Shucking steel like a slave
C
Five long years, every Friday
          F
I come straight back home with all my pay
C
Have you ever been mistreated?
F
You know just what I'm talking about

G
I worked five long years for one woman
F
She had the nerve to put me out

[Verse]
C
I finally learned my lesson,
F
should a long time ago

C
The next woman that I marry
            F
She gonna work and bring me the dough
C
Have you ever been mistreated?
F
You know just what I'm talking about
G
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve

G
She had the nerve
G
She had the nerve
G                    F
She had the nerve to put me out