Workin' Man Blues
Song Information
Song Title
Workin' Man Blues
Song Origin
Cover
Written By
Merle Haggard
Song Stats
Shortest Version
04:09 (2023-10-24)
Longest Version
07:05 (2023-12-06)
Total Times Played
39
Longest Gap
2024-07-1111 2024-08-10
Longest Streak
2024-10-112 2024-10-12
Song Charts
Shows with Workin' Man Blues
  • Brooklyn Bowl Nashville - Nashville, Tennessee 2024-12-14
    Set One
    Half Moon Night, Blame The Train, Gotta Get Southbound, Reuben's Train (FTP) > 1, Minor Swing (FTP) 2, Dark Hollow 1, Drivin' Nails In My Coffin 3, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 3, Long Lonesome Road (FTP) 3 4, Foggy Mountain Top (FTP) 3 5, Loser (FTP) 3 4 6, Broadside Ballad > 6, Hangman's Reel 6
    Set Two
    Workin' Man Blues 5, Truck Drivin' Man 5, Doggone Cowboy 5 7 8, Suspicious Minds (FTP) 5 7 8, Big Iron 5 7 8, Southbound 8 9, Walking in Memphis (FTP) 8 9 10, Snake Farm (FTP) 8 9, Luck Of The Draw > 6 8, Sugar Leg Rag 6 8, Whipping Post 8 11 12 13, Dance In The Desert 6 8
  • The Mexico Incident - Puerto Morelos, Mexico 2024-12-09
    Set One
    Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag, Blame The Train > , Darlin’ Cory, Chore 1, Tell Me I’m A Lover 2, Half Moon Night, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Workin' Man Blues
  • The Bluebird - Bloomington, Indiana 2024-11-02
    Set One
    Hi-Country, Halfway (In Between) > , Forgotten Days > , Valhalla > , I Shall Be Released 1, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), At The Ball 2, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train
    Set Two
    Locomotive #9, Rose In A Garden, Fox On The Run > , 'Til The Daylight, Workin' Man Blues, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Doggone Cowboy > , Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental), Ain’t Living Long Like This, Got My Mojo Workin' 3, Luck Of The Draw, Sugar Leg Rag
    Encore
    Boogie Man
  • Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, New York 2024-10-25
    Set One
    Workin' Man Blues, Half Moon Night > , Arkansas Traveler, Good Old American Guest, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Lady Justice, Free Wheelin' > 1, Everybody's Talkin' > , Weathervane
    Set Two
    Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Ten Feet Of Rope > 1, Double Exposure 2, Got My Mojo Workin' 3, Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Tumbling Tumbleweeds > , Dance In The Desert 2
    Encore 4
    Box Of Rain (FTP) > 5, Samson And Delilah
  • The Stone Pony - Asbury Park, New Jersey 2024-10-18
    Set One
    Blame The Train, Workin' Man Blues, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel, Running Gun, Driftin’ 1, Down By The Riverside 2, Down Bedford
    Set Two
    Lady Justice, Ten Feet Of Rope > 1, Double Exposure 3, At The Ball (FTP) 1, Take Me Back (FTP) 2, Prairie Spin, Sugar Shack 4, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
    Encore
    That’s What Love Will Make You Do 1 5, Respect 2 5
  • The Moonshiner's Ball - Livingston, Kentucky 2024-10-12
    Set One
    Workin' Man Blues, Half Moon Night, Darlin’ Cory > , Arkansas Traveler, Honky Tonk Night Time Man, Dance In The Desert 1, Why You Been Gone So Long, Faded Lovin' > , Angel From Montgomery, Luck Of The Draw > , Sugar Leg Rag
  • The Mill and Mine - Knoxville, Tennessee 2024-10-11
    Set One
    Locomotive #9, Rose In A Garden, Workin' Man Blues, Blame The Train 1, Cosmic Country Gardens 1, Little Maggie 1 2, Today I Started Loving You Again 1 3, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms 1, Broadside Ballad > , Hangman's Reel
    Set Two
    See Through, Passing Storm, Hi-Country > , Sweet Tasting Tennessee, Tell Me I’m A Lover 4, Forgotten Days > , Valhalla, Lady Justice
    Encore
    Honky Tonk Night Time Man (FTP) > , Half Moon Night
  • Terminal West - Atlanta, Georgia 2024-10-09
    Set One
    Workin' Man Blues, Blame The Train, Cosmic Country Gardens, Broadside Ballad > 1, Hangman's Reel 1, Ghost Riders In The Sky (Instrumental) 1, Faded Lovin' 1 2, Sugar Shack > 1 2 3, Sliced Milk > 1 2 4, Sugar Shack (Reprise) 1 2 3
    Set Two
    Weathervane > 1, Freedom Jazz Dance 1, Weathervane (Reprise) 1, Prairie Spin 1, Luck Of The Draw > 1, Sugar Leg Rag 1, Edge Of The Mountain 5, Ten Feet Of Rope 6, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms > , Rose In A Garden, Gotta Get Southbound 1 2
    Encore
    Dance In The Desert 1 2 7
  • Handlebar - Pensacola, Florida 2024-10-06
    Set One
    Workin' Man Blues, Blame The Train, Fox On The Run > , Darlin’ Cory, Translation, Cosmic Country Gardens, I Saw The Light (FTP) , Down By The Riverside 1, Justice > , Jessica 2
    Set Two
    Sunshine In The Rain (Strange Presence), Prairie Spin, See Through, Free Wheelin' > 3, Everybody's Talkin' > , Weathervane > , Blue Skies > , Weathervane (Reprise) , Glory, Glory, Hallelujah 1, Lose Your Mind > , Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train
    Encore
    About The Angels (v1) (FTP) 4, About The Angels (v2)
  • Charleston Pour House - Charleston, South Carolina 2024-09-27
    Set One
    Love's Gonna Live Here, Half Moon Night, Cosmic Country Gardens, Blame The Train, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry, Workin' Man Blues, Broadside Ballad, Hangman's Reel, Better Deal Blues, Along The Trail, Sweet Tasting Tennessee
    Set Two
    See Through, Lose Your Mind, Waymore's Blues > , Mystery Train , Playing Your Game 1, Boogie Man, Yonder, Ten Feet Of Rope > 1, Luck Of The Draw > 2, Sugar Leg Rag
    Encore
    Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
Lyrics

It's a big job gettin' by with nine kids and a wife

Even I've been workin' man, dang near all my life but I'll keep workin'

As long as my two hands are fit to use

I'll drink my beer in a tavern

And sing a little bit of these working man blues


But I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day

Get tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay

But I'll go back workin', come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew

I'll drink a little beer that evening

Sing a little bit of these working man blues


Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin' around

Throw my bills out the window, catch me a train to another town

But I go back working, I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes

I'll drink a little beer that evening

Cry a little bit of these working man blues, here comes workin' man


Well, hey, hey, the working man, the working man like me

Never been on welfare, and that's one place I will not be

Keep me working, you have long two hands are fit to use

My little beer in a tavern

Sing a little bit of these working man blues, this song for the workin' man