SPOKEN: I dedicate this song to the workin' man For ever' man that puts in Eight or ten hard hours a day of work and toil and sweat Always got somebody lookin' down his neck Tryin' to get more out of 'im Than he really ought to have to put in. G After twenty-nine long years of workin' A >>>> A-------0---| In this shop with Oney standin' over me E-0-2h4-----| D G Today when that old whistle blows I'll check in all my gear and I'll retire The superintendent just dropped by and said A >>>>>>>> A-------0---| They'd planned my little get together E-0-2h4-----| D G Then he said I'd never a made it If old Oney hadn't held me to the fire. G I've seen him in my dreams at night A >>>>>>>> A-------0---| And woke up in the mornin' feelin' tired E-0-2h4-----| D G And old Oney don't remember, when I came here How he tried to get me fired With his folded hands behind him A >>>>>>>> A-------0---| Every mornin' Oney waited at the gate E-0-2h4-----| D G RIFF TO A Where he'd rant and rave like I committed murder Clockin' in five minutes late. A-------0---| E-0-2-4-----| A B7 But today they'll gather 'round me Like I've seen 'em do when any man retires E A Then old Oney's gonna tell me From now on I'm free to do what I desire B7 He'll present me with that little old gold watch They give a man at times like this E A RIFF TO C But there's one thing he's not countin' on Today's the day I give old Oney his. A-0-2-3----| C I've been workin', buildin' muscles D >>>> D-------0---| Oney's just been standin' 'round a gettin' soft A-0-2h4-----| G7 C And today about four-thirty I'll make up for every good night's sleep I've lost When I'm gone I'll be remembered D >>>> D-------0---| As the workin' man who put his point across A-0-2h4-----| G7 With a right hand full of knuckles C Cause today I show old Oney who's the boss. Hmmmm! What time is it? Four thirty! Hey, Oney! Oney! Ha ha ha ha!