ONEY
SPOKEN:
I dedicate this song to the workin' man For ever' man that puts in 
Eight or ten hard 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.
 G
After twenty-nine long years of workin'
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In this shop with Oney standin' over me     E-0-2h4-----|
 D                                                                     G
Today when that old whistle blows I'll check in all my gear and I'll retire 

The superintendent just dropped by and said
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They'd planned my little get together     E-0-2h4-----|
      D                                                             G
Then he said I'd never a made it If old Oney hadn't held me to the fire.

  G
I've seen him in my dreams at night
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And woke up in the mornin' feelin' tired        E-0-2h4-----|
     D                                                                 G
And old Oney don't remember, when I came here How he tried to get me fired 

With his folded hands behind him
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Every mornin' Oney waited at the gate        E-0-2h4-----|
       D                                                                   G  RIFF TO A
Where he'd rant and rave like I committed murder Clockin' in five minutes late.
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 A                                                                      B7
But today they'll gather 'round me Like I've seen 'em do when any man retires
      E                                                           A
Then old Oney's gonna tell me From now on I'm free to do what I desire 
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He'll present me with that little old gold watch They give a man at times like this 
      E                                                                     A  RIFF TO C
But there's one thing he's not countin' on Today's the day I give old Oney his.
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 C          
I've been workin', buildin' muscles
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Oney's just been standin' 'round a gettin' soft     A-0-2h4-----|
      G7                                                                C
And today about four-thirty I'll make up for every good night's sleep I've lost 

When I'm gone I'll be remembered
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As the workin' man who put his point across   A-0-2h4-----|
        G7
With a right hand full of knuckles
                                       C
Cause today I show old Oney who's the boss.

Hmmmm! What time is it? Four thirty!
Hey, Oney!
Oney! Ha ha ha ha!