G     F D    G    G


[Verse 1]
G                                      C               G
Well I'm not lookin' for an occupation I just wanna go home
                                                    C               G
They're holdin me a ticket at the greyhound station I'm still payin on
  C                G                    C                         D7
I never learned to sell folks nothin' I wasn't raised to steal or rob
                  G           F D  G
I'm lookin' for a backbone job

[Chorus]
      C
I can pick and shovel I can hang drywall
        G                        D         G
Swing a nine pound hammer pull a cross-cut saw
  C
A post-hole digger or barbwire strand
  A7                        C
I don't mind work but I'm a backbone man

[Solo]
| C G | G | G C | C G |

| G | G | G | A7 | C |

| C | G |

[Verse 2]
G                                          C                     G
I'm not dumb but I ain't been to college I never got the first degree
                                          C                G
And now-a-days everybody's makin a livin' tappin on the TV screen
    C             G                  C                    D7
Now I'm down on a man's white collar I don't mean to be a snob
                         G           F D G
I'm just a-lookin' for a backbone job

[Chorus]
      C
I can pick and shovel I can hang drywall
        G                        D         G
Swing a nine pound hammer pull a cross-cut saw
  C
A post-hole digger or barbwire strand
  A7                        C
I don't mind work but I'm a backbone man

[Verse 1]
G                                      C               G
Well I'm not lookin' for an occupation I just wanna go home
                                                    C               G
They're holdin me a ticket at the greyhound station I'm still payin on
  C                G                    C                         D7
I never learned to sell folks nothin' I wasn't raised to steal or rob
                  G           F D  G
I'm lookin' for a backbone job

[Outro]
D7                 G            F D  G
Just lookin' for a backbone job
D7                G             F D  G
I'm lookin' for a backbone job