Intro 
C  G7  C (x2) 

verse 1 
C                                                           G7 
He said hard work never killed a man and Grandpa oughta know 
                                                       C 
He must've walked 10 000 miles, down those old corn rows 
                                                    G7 
Following behind the plow, with an old mule called Jim 
                                                     C 
I don't know who had a harder head, that old mule or him 


[Refrão]
F 
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough 
C                                                        G7 
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up 
C                                                           F 
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed 
                          C               G7              C 
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead 

Instrumental 
C    G7    C  x2 

verse 2 
C                                                 G7 
You can learn some lessons, at the south end of a mule 
                                                    C 
Following the plow all day, will change your attitude 
                                                      G7 
About the way you view life, how hard you work in school 
                                                 C 
His work was not to punish, but as a teaching tool 


[Refrão]
F 
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough 
C                                                        G7 
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up 
C                                                         F 
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed 
                          C                G7             C 
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead 

Instrumental 
C    G7    C  x2 
 

[Refrão]
F 
Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough 
C                                                        G7 
There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up 
C                                                        F 
There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed 
                          C               G7             C 
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead 

Outro 
F                         C                G7            C 
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead 

Outro 
F   C   G7   C