Hopkinsville

Bass Line
   D        G       D       A       D      G       D    A7  D
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------0----| 
A|------0-----2-3-4-----0---0-----------0-----2-3-4-----0-0------| 
E|----4---4-5---------4---4---5-4-2---4---4-5---------4----------| 

Optional PreChorus Fill (essentially a walk up from E)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--2-3-4--------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--2-3-4--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--2-3-4--------------------------------------------------------| 


[Riff]

            D             G     D            A7
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------3---3---------3-----3------------2------------| 
G|----------2---2---------4-----2------------0------------| 
D|----------0---0---0-2-4-5-4-5-0-4-4--444-2-2------------| 
A|-0h2-4------0---0---------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 


   D              G     D       A   D
E|------------------------------------------------| 
B|--3---3---------3-----3-----------3-------------| 
G|--2---2---------4-----2-----------2-------------| 
D|--0---0---0-2-4-5-4-5-0-4-2p0---2-0-------------| 
A|----0---0---------------------4-----------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 


{Verse]

       D                 G
If you can't find work, work finds you
          D                     A
You know daddy didn't raise no welfare fool
                D                  G
Said there's a lot worse things a boy could do
       D               A
Than straddle an iron beam

     D                       G
So I build this bridge 'til it's complete
          D                   A
And I'll take the steel toes off my feet
     D             G
And give myself a one way seat
         D        A7     D
On that train to Hopkinsville


[Chorus]

G                  D
I'm going back to Hopkinsville
G                    D      A
I'm going back, you know I will
     D                  G
Only 21 working days until
           D               A      D
Until I'm with my love in Hopkinsville



[Riff]

            D             G     D            A7
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------3---3---------3-----3------------2------------| 
G|----------2---2---------4-----2------------0------------| 
D|----------0---0---0-2-4-5-4-5-0-4-4--444-2-2------------| 
A|-0h2-4------0---0---------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 


   D              G     D       A   D
E|------------------------------------------------| 
B|--3---3---------3-----3-----------3-------------| 
G|--2---2---------4-----2-----------2-------------| 
D|--0---0---0-2-4-5-4-5-0-4-2p0---2-0-------------| 
A|----0---0---------------------4-----------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 



[Verse]

   D             G
On my day off I pull the blinds
        D                     A
So the foreman won't see my taste for the wine
        D             G
And I drink until the sun don't shine
      D        A7         D
And I sit and drink some more

         D                 G
I might call the boys and deal a hand
      D                     A
I may go to town to hear a country band
     D             G
And lie about what we got planned
      D      A7          D
When we get off of that bridge


[Chorus]

G                  D
I'm going back to Hopkinsville
G                    D      A
I'm going back, you know I will
     D                  G
Only 21 working days until
           D               A      D
Until I'm with my love in Hopkinsville


[Riff]

            D             G     D            A7
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------3---3---------3-----3------------2------------| 
G|----------2---2---------4-----2------------0------------| 
D|----------0---0---0-2-4-5-4-5-0-4-4--444-2-2------------| 
A|-0h2-4------0---0---------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 


   D              G     D       A   D
E|------------------------------------------------| 
B|--3---3---------3-----3-----------3-------------| 
G|--2---2---------4-----2-----------2-------------| 
D|--0---0---0-2-4-5-4-5-0-4-2p0---2-0-------------| 
A|----0---0---------------------4-----------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 


[Solo]
G     D
G     D  A
D     G
D    A7  D


[Verse]

      D               G
This welding hood is mighty dark
        D                     A
You can see the sun and the welding sparks
        D                   G
And it sounds good singing ole Joe Clark
         D      A7      D
Long as nobody else can hear

        D             G
And it fits my head, fits my face
        D                 A
And it holds my welding gloves in place
D                  G
It's been known to hide the trace
      D     A7    D
Of a lonely man crying


[Chorus]

G                  D
I'm going back to Hopkinsville
G                    D      A
I'm going back, you know I will
     D                  G
Only 21 working days until
           D               A      D
Until I'm with my love in Hopkinsville

G                  D
I'm going back to Hopkinsville
G                    D      A
I'm going back, you know I will
     D                  G
Only 21 working days until
           D               A      D
Until I'm with my love in Hopkinsville


[Riff]

            D             G     D            A7
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------3---3---------3-----3------------2------------| 
G|----------2---2---------4-----2------------0------------| 
D|----------0---0---0-2-4-5-4-5-0-4-4--444-2-2------------| 
A|-0h2-4------0---0---------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 


   D              G     D       A   D
E|------------------------------------------------| 
B|--3---3---------3-----3-----------3-------------| 
G|--2---2---------4-----2-----------2-------------| 
D|--0---0---0-2-4-5-4-5-0-4-2p0---2-0-------------| 
A|----0---0---------------------4-----------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 





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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| G     D       A   D