Fm7     Eb  |Bb7
Lord, I am a working man

   |Fm7   Eb   |Bb9
And music is my trade

   |Fm7       Eb       |Bb7
I'm travelin' with this five-piece band

 |C9             |C7-9  |
I play the ace of spades

Fm          Eb/G    |Ab6   
   I have a wife and family

A07         |Bbm       Ab     |Eb/G Ebm/Gbm|
    But they don't see much of me

Fm7           Cb9 |Bb9 |Fm7 Eb|Bb7 |Fm7 Eb|Bb9 |Fm7 Eb|Bb7 |
God bless the absentee


Fm7     Eb  |Bb7
Lord, I am a surgeon

   |Fm7   Eb   |Bb9
And music is my knife

  |Fm7   Eb    |Bb7
It cuts away my sorrow

  |C9         |C7-9 |
It purifies my life

Fm          Eb/G   |Ab6      A07 
   But if I could release my heart

   |Bbm       Ab |Eb/G Ebm/Gbm
And veins and arteries

        |Fm7           Cb9 |Bb9 |Fm7 Eb|Bb7 |
 I'd say God bless the absentee


Ebm7          |Ebm6    |
     I miss my woman so

Cbm/D          |Gb/Db |
      I miss my bed

Cm7-5             |Cbmaj7
      I miss those soft places

 |Bb/C          |    |
I used to lay my head


Ebm7             |Ebm6       |
     My son don't need me yet

Cbm/D              |Gb/Db
      His bones are soft

  |Cm7-5         |Cbmaj7
He flies a silver airplane

  |Bb/C          |     |
He wears a golden cross


Fm7           Eb  |Bb7
God bless the absentee

          |Fm7       Eb        |Bb9
Lord, this country's changed so fast

   |Fm7    Eb    |Bb7
The future is the present

   |C9              |C7-9 
The present's in the past

   |Fm       Eb/G  |Ab6 A07
The highways are in litigation

   |Bbm      Ab |Eb/G Ebm/Gbm|
The airports disagree

Fm7           Cb9 |Bb9 |Fm7 Eb|Bb7 |Fm7 Eb|Bb9 |Fm7 Eb|Bb7 |
God bless the absentee