Oney

[Ab]intro, spoken:
I dedicate this song to the workin' man
For ever' man that puts in a hard
Eight or ten 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.

A[Ab]fter twenty nine long years

of workin' in this shop
with Oney standing over [Bb7]me
[Eb7]Today when that old whistle blows,
I'll check in all my gear, and I'll ret[Ab]ire.
T[Ab]he superintendant just stopped by
and said they planned my little get-to[Bb7]gether
[Eb7]and then he said I'd never have made it
if old Oney hadn't of held me to the [Ab]fire

I[Ab]'ve seen him in my dreams at night
and woke up in the morning feeling t[Bb7]ired.
And old On[Eb7]ey don't remember, when i came here,
how he tried to get me fi[Ab]red...
W[Ab]ith his folded hands behind him,
every morning, Oney waited at the g[Bb7]ate...
where he'd [Eb7]rant and rave like i committed murder
clockin' in five minutes l[Ab]ate.

[Bb]But today they'll gather 'round me
like I've seen 'em do when any man r[B#7]etires,
and old O[F7]ney's gonna tell me,
from now on, I'm free to do what i d[Bb]esire.
[Bb]He'll present me with that little old gold watch
they give a man a times like [B#7]this,
but there's [F7]one thing he's not countin' on...
today's the day i give old Oney [Bb]his! hahahahaha!

[C#]I've been workin' buildin' muscles,
Oney's just been standin' 'round, and gettin' [Bb7]soft,
and t[Ab7]oday about 4:30, I'll make up for every
good night's sleep I've l[C#]ost...
W[C#]hen I'm gone, I'll be remembered
as the workin' man that put his point [Bb7]across...
With a [Ab7]right hand full of knuckles,

today's the day I show old Oney
who's the [C#]boss!

(just keep strumming [C#])
Hmmmmmmm, what time is it? 4:30? Heeeeeyyyy Oney! Oney! haha!