James Taylor - Millworker guitar tab

Artist: James Taylor

Song: Millworker

Album: Live

Drop D Tuning

Bass Intro arr. For Guitar

E----------------------------------------------------

B----------------------------------------------3--3-3

G---------------0---2---0-----0-----0----------0--0-0

D--------0-2-4—----2------4-2---4-----4-2-2h4--2-x-2 (x2)

A-0-2-4----------------------------------------3--2-0

E---------------------0-----------0------------x--x-x

Guitar Harmony Intro

E---------------------------------------------------

B---------------------------------------------------

G--------------4--7-4----4—4------------------

D--------4-5-7--7----7-5--7—7-5-5h7---------

A-4-5-7-------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------------------

Chords for entire song

D= 0x0232

A/D=0x0220

G/D=0x0433

Csus2=x3x030

G/B=x2x030

A7sus4=x02030

C(add D)=x32030

G6/B=x2x030

Gm/Bb=x1x033

Song Structure:

A/D D G/D

Now my grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water

D A/D G/D D

My father was a farmer and I his only daughter

D A/D G/D D

Took up with a no good mill working man from Massachusetts

D A/D G/D D

Dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed

D A/D G/D D

Mill-work ain’t easy, Mill-work ain’t hard

D A/D G/D D

Mill-work, it ain’t nothing but an awful boring job

D A/D G/D D

I’m waiting on a day dream to get me through the morning

D A/D G/D D

And put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich and remember

C(add D) G6/B

Then it’s me and my machine for the rest of the morning

Gm/Bb

And the rest of the afternoon

A7sus4

And for the rest of my life

The second verse follows the same pattern as the first with a small bridge before the

last chorus.

Bridge:

C(add D) G6/B

So may I work your mills just as long as I am able

Gm/Bb A7sus4

And never meet the man whose name is on the label