The Chemical Workers Song Process Man Chords

by Great Big Sea
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Author Cooper640 [a] 23.
2 contributors total, last edit on May 27, 2022

Chords

Em
D
G
B

Strumming

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This is my first submission so let me know what you think.
Kudos to the other two versions of this for starting me off.
Here's my version which has some other chords that I worked
out by ear which I think sound good singing solo with.
I've also done my best to line the chords up with the syllable on
which I play it. Basically there's three rhythmic patterns to the chords
if you look at it in 4/4. I break them down at the bottom if you're
having trouble getting it, or you can always just play along with
the song.
 
Standard tuning
Capo on 2nd fret
 
 
[Chorus]
         Em D    Em          G          D    Em
And it's go boys go, they'll time your every breath,
    Em     D         G       D            G        D       Em
And every day you're in this place you're two days nearer death.
         Em  D  Em     Em  D  Em
But you go.
 
 
[Verse 1]
        Em      D       Em        G        D     Em
Well, a process man am I and I am telling you no lie
  Em       D       G         D          G        D       B
I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky
        Em             D                  G                D
There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air
          Em    D          G          D       G        D     Em
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair
 
 
[Chorus]
         Em D    Em          G          D    Em
And it's go boys go, they'll time your every breath,
    Em     D         G       D            G        D       Em
And every day you're in this place you're two days nearer death.
         Em  D  Em
But you go.
 
 
[Verse 2]
           Em        D      Em             G             D  Em
Well, I've worked among the spinners and I breathe the oily smoke
     Em       D      G      D      G       D           B
I've shoveled up the gypsum and it nigh on makes you choke
     Em                 D            G                       D
I've stood knee deep in cyanide, got sick with a caustic burn
     Em      D           G       D      G         D          Em
Been working rough, I've seen enough to make your stomach turn
 
 
[Chorus]
         Em D    Em          G          D    Em
And it's go boys go, they'll time your every breath,
    Em     D         G       D            G        D       Em
And every day you're in this place you're two days nearer death.
         Em  D  Em
But you go.
 
 
[Verse 3]
        Em   D       Em         G    D      Em
There's overtime and bonus opportunities galore
    Em        D          G     D        G        D          B
The young men like their money and they all come back for more
    Em                    D              G              D
But soon you're knockin' on and you look older than you should
    Em    D        G       D      G        D          Em
For every bob made on the job you pay with flesh and blood
 
 
[Chorus]
         Em D    Em          G          D    Em
And it's go boys go, they'll time your every breath,
    Em     D         G       D            G        D       Em
And every day you're in this place you're two days nearer death.
         Em  D  Em
But you go.
 
 
[Verse 1]
        Em      D       Em        G        D     Em
Well, a process man am I and I am telling you no lie
  Em       D       G         D          G        D       B
I work and breathe among the fumes that trail across the sky
        Em             D                  G                D
There's thunder all around me and there's poison in the air
          Em    D          G          D       G        D     Em
There's a lousy smell that smacks of hell and dust all in me hair
 
 
[Chorus]
         Em D    Em          G          D    Em
And it's go boys go, they'll time your every breath,
    Em     D         G       D            G        D       Em
And every day you're in this place you're two days nearer death.
         Em D    Em          G          D    Em
And it's go boys go, they'll time your every breath,
    Em     D         G       D            G        D       Em
And every day you're in this place you're two days nearer death.
         Em  D  Em     Em  D  Em
But you go.
 
 
Rhythmic breakdown
First and last lines of chorus and first line of each verse:
[Em D Em] or [G D Em] are two quarter notes then a half note
 
Third line of the chorus, second and fourth lines of each verse:
[Em D G D G D Em] is 6 quarter notes then a half note
[Em D G D G D B] is the same
 
Third line of each verse:
[Em D G D] is 4 half notes
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