Saddest Factory (With The Devil)
By Jesse Welles
Written by Jesse Welles
Album: With The Devil (2025) Digital Only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9TbzAmB5E&list=OLAK5uy_nwG_-K5kcmSilGdsycnfC6GPlN6qTM-98&index=9
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
11/20/2025

Jesse recorded 2 separate albums for this release with one being Acoustic and the other full band,
This tab is from the Electric version. The chords are the same for the acoustic version, though.
You can hear the acoustic album here: Devil's Den (2025 ) Digital Only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z-0nXhDKe0&list=OLAK5uy_mfMY_04ZJerNEVCMOlgpRZpqxdg0Ql3W4

Capo 1

         C                                                                       G
I worked Saturdays at the satisfactory factory, after me there'd be shift change over, I quit being sober
              F                                                           C
I'd watch the planes fly over, think about folks I knew, I used to know a few
    C                                                                             G
I'd call up the numbers, say what's up brother, today is another day, say, what's new
        F                                C
Talkin' talk, walk in circles around the block


Chorus:
G                              F           C
Smack dab in the middle of the lower forty eight
          G                          F              C
How could this be any slower than to go to hell and wait
  Em                  F      C
Decatur, I'll see you later


Bridge:
Dm               F                    Dm               F  
Pulverized, beat down by the mundane, paralyzed, going insane, well
    G                        C                                Am
The saddest factory's still, satisfactory still, gotta make a living, they ain't giving 'em out
                 C
Not if I want my pride
                 Bm Am       G
I'd just as soon die than be lazy

Chorus

I quit Saturdays at the satisfactory factory after me there'd be plenty of time since I's off the line
I drank like a river, pickled my liver, watch takers and givers, shiverin' in the cold light
Now I ain't blaming nobody for nothing but I got something I can't stay, I gotta carry it away
I'd ring up the numbers, call 'em up, no one'd pick up, I guess we talked enough

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