Chords for Worker's Song
Tempo:
96.4 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb]
[F]
[Bb] Yet this was for the workers who were not empty by hand and by brain.
[F]
Soon you'll pay [Bb] you for centuries long past, for no more than your bread
have played for your [F] countries and [Bb] counted your days.
[Eb]
[F]
[Bb] In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines,
we've often been told [F] to keep up with the times, [Bb] for our skills are not needed.
They streamline the job and we're slide, roll and stop watch, [F] how proud [Bb] they ever are.
We're the first ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
the first ones denied and [F] put high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when the train is set out,
[Eb] or the worker is working, [F] when the match [Bb] has a foul.
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war,
who's given a gun and [F] then pushed to the fore and [Bb] expected to die?
For the land of us, though we've never owned one,
we're the first ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
[Eb] the first ones [Bb] denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when [Eb] the train is [Bb] set out,
or [Eb] the worker [Bb] is working, when [F] the match has [Bb] a foul.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[F]
[C] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb] First ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
the first ones denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when the train is set out,
or the worker is working, [F] when the match [Bb] has a foul.
We're the first ones to start, we're [Eb] the first ones [Bb] to die,
[Eb] the first ones denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when [Eb] the train is [Bb] set out,
[Eb] or the worker [Bb] is working, when [F] the match [Bb] has a foul.
And all these things the worker has done,
from tipping the bins to [F] carrying the gun,
we've [Bb] been here until the blow, [Eb] since time first began.
And no one's [Bb] expected to carry the gun.
[F]
[Bb] Yet this was for the workers who were not empty by hand and by brain.
[F]
Soon you'll pay [Bb] you for centuries long past, for no more than your bread
have played for your [F] countries and [Bb] counted your days.
[Eb]
[F]
[Bb] In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines,
we've often been told [F] to keep up with the times, [Bb] for our skills are not needed.
They streamline the job and we're slide, roll and stop watch, [F] how proud [Bb] they ever are.
We're the first ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
the first ones denied and [F] put high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when the train is set out,
[Eb] or the worker is working, [F] when the match [Bb] has a foul.
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war,
who's given a gun and [F] then pushed to the fore and [Bb] expected to die?
For the land of us, though we've never owned one,
we're the first ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
[Eb] the first ones [Bb] denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when [Eb] the train is [Bb] set out,
or [Eb] the worker [Bb] is working, when [F] the match has [Bb] a foul.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[F]
[C] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb] First ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
the first ones denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when the train is set out,
or the worker is working, [F] when the match [Bb] has a foul.
We're the first ones to start, we're [Eb] the first ones [Bb] to die,
[Eb] the first ones denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when [Eb] the train is [Bb] set out,
[Eb] or the worker [Bb] is working, when [F] the match [Bb] has a foul.
And all these things the worker has done,
from tipping the bins to [F] carrying the gun,
we've [Bb] been here until the blow, [Eb] since time first began.
And no one's [Bb] expected to carry the gun.
Key:
Bb
F
Eb
C
Bb
F
Eb
C
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ Yet this was for the workers who were not empty by hand and by brain.
[F] _
Soon you'll pay [Bb] you for centuries long past, for no more than your bread
have played for your [F] countries and [Bb] counted your days.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines,
we've often been told [F] to keep up with the times, [Bb] for our skills are not needed.
They streamline the job and we're slide, roll and stop watch, [F] how proud [Bb] they ever are.
We're the first ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
the first ones denied and [F] put high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when the train is set out,
[Eb] or the worker is working, [F] when the match [Bb] has a foul.
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war,
who's given a gun and [F] then pushed to the fore and [Bb] expected to die?
For the land of us, though we've never owned one, _ _
we're the first ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
[Eb] the first ones [Bb] denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when [Eb] the train is [Bb] set out,
or [Eb] the worker [Bb] is working, when [F] the match has [Bb] a foul.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ First ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
the first ones denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when the train is set out,
or the worker is working, [F] when the match [Bb] has a foul.
We're the first ones to start, we're [Eb] the first ones [Bb] to die,
[Eb] the first ones denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when [Eb] the train is [Bb] set out,
[Eb] or the worker [Bb] is working, when [F] the match [Bb] has a foul.
_ _ And all these things the worker has done,
from tipping the bins to [F] carrying the gun,
we've [Bb] been here until the blow, [Eb] since time first began.
And no one's [Bb] expected to carry the gun.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ Yet this was for the workers who were not empty by hand and by brain.
[F] _
Soon you'll pay [Bb] you for centuries long past, for no more than your bread
have played for your [F] countries and [Bb] counted your days.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines,
we've often been told [F] to keep up with the times, [Bb] for our skills are not needed.
They streamline the job and we're slide, roll and stop watch, [F] how proud [Bb] they ever are.
We're the first ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
the first ones denied and [F] put high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when the train is set out,
[Eb] or the worker is working, [F] when the match [Bb] has a foul.
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war,
who's given a gun and [F] then pushed to the fore and [Bb] expected to die?
For the land of us, though we've never owned one, _ _
we're the first ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
[Eb] the first ones [Bb] denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when [Eb] the train is [Bb] set out,
or [Eb] the worker [Bb] is working, when [F] the match has [Bb] a foul.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ First ones to start, we're the first ones to die,
the first ones denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when the train is set out,
or the worker is working, [F] when the match [Bb] has a foul.
We're the first ones to start, we're [Eb] the first ones [Bb] to die,
[Eb] the first ones denied and put [F] high in the sky.
And [Bb] we're always last, when [Eb] the train is [Bb] set out,
[Eb] or the worker [Bb] is working, when [F] the match [Bb] has a foul.
_ _ And all these things the worker has done,
from tipping the bins to [F] carrying the gun,
we've [Bb] been here until the blow, [Eb] since time first began.
And no one's [Bb] expected to carry the gun.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _