Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow

Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt

Written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, A.P. Carter

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
Oh I’m gonna leave this country
G7                         C
Lord I’m going around this world
F                       C
Oh I’m gonna leave this country
G7                         C
For the sake of one little girl

Verse 2

Oh I ain't gonna work tomorrow
G7                      C
I ain't gonna work this day
F                       C
Lord I ain't gonna work tomorrow
G7                    C
For it may be a rainy day

Verse 3

Don’t you hear my banjo ringing
G7                           C
Don’t you hear that mournful sound
F                                 C
Don’t you hear those pretty girls laughing
G7                         C
Standing on that cold cold ground

Verse 2

Oh I ain't gonna work tomorrow
G7                      C
I ain't gonna work this day
F                       C
Lord I ain't gonna work tomorrow
G7                    C
For it may be a rainy day

Verse 4

Oh I’ll hang my head in sorrow
G7                       C
Oh I’ll hang my head and cry
F                       C
Oh I’ll hang my head in sorrow
G7                   C
As my darling passes by

Verse 2

Oh I ain't gonna work tomorrow
G7                      C
I ain't gonna work this day
F                       C
Lord I ain't gonna work tomorrow
G7                    C
For it may be a rainy day

Verse 2

Oh I ain't gonna work tomorrow
G7                      C
I ain't gonna work this day
F                       C
Lord I ain't gonna work tomorrow
G7                    C
For it may be a rainy day