Tradesman

Intro Cmaj Fmaj7 Am e|-----------------------0--------------0-----------------| B|--8--8--p10--8---1--1-------1---1--1-------1---0---0----| G|----9-------9-----2-------2-------2------2--------0-----| D|--10-------------3--------------2-----------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------3------7-| Cmaj = Fmaj7 slid up to the 8th fret G * = F slid up to the third *** = picking pattern above/instrumental part of the song [Verse 1] Cmaj No one on this side of town Fmaj7 Knows a good place for a boy to drown Am G They look at me so strange when I talk Cmaj Fmaj7 I wish I was a tradesman learnin' from some beat down old layman Am On some hillside they ain't named yet G Sleepin' next to mountain fire smoke [Verse 2] Cmaj And everyone lately's scarin' me Fmaj7 It's all backdoor deals and therapy Am G And the only callous I've grown's in my mind Cmaj Fmaj7 I wish I was a tradesman playin' with some tuned-up tight string band Am G Somewhere out by the badlands way past closin' time Chorus Am G C F So if you want to trade I'd say it's a hard earned mile Am G C F I want to sweat like hеll, throw a hammer down Am G C F And know the old feelin' of a five o'clock smilе Am G C F G* And know I didn't take no easy way out *** [Verse 3] Cmaj There's something more that I need Fmaj7 than accolades and sympathy Am G Fatiguing in the summer heat while they smoke big cigars Cmaj So give me something I can't fake Fmaj7 That rich boys can't manipulate Something real that they can't take Am G Cause lord I'm not your star Chorus Am G C F So if you want to trade I'd say it's a hard earned mile Am G C F I want to sweat like hеll, throw a hammer down Am G C F And know the old feelin' of a five o'clock smilе Am G C F And know I didn't take no easy way out