Standard (EADGBE)

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 Early in the morning

Going to meet a man

 Wants a truck unloading

 For cash-in-hand

You don’t ask questions

When there’s nothing in the bank

 Got to feed the kids

 And put the diesel in the tank

Bacon, egg and sausage

Double chips and beans

 Tea and bread and butter

 And a day on the machines

Christmas is coming

With the final demand

 What you got going

 For cash in hand

So it ain’t too pretty

Corned Beef City

It ain’t too pretty

Corned Beef City

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Early in the morning

Where the trucks all stand

 I’ve got a pocket full of folding

 And a pair of jerry cans

I’ve got to keep it going

They’re laying off at Ford

 I’m only one step ahead

 Of my room and board

So it ain’t too pretty

Corned Beef City

It ain’t too pretty

Corned Beef City

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Early in the morning

Going to meet a man

 Wants a truck unloading

 For cash-in-hand

You don’t ask questions

When there’s nothing in the bank

 Got to feed the kids

 And put the diesel in the tank

So it ain’t too pretty

Corned Beef City

It ain’t too pretty

Corned Beef City

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