Chords for Barbara Dane - Working Class Woman

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_ Joe working [G] man's wife, _ _ _ that's how I [F] was defined. _ _
_ As if that was my life, _
_ [Dm] _ my hope and [F] my mind. _
_ [C] But I worked in [G] a bake shop, _
_ [Bbm] did the housework at [Eb] night. _ _
_ And there was no _ [F] time to stop _ for a young [C] bird in flight. _ _
_ _ Well in time [G] there were babies, _ _ and I had to make [F] us a home.
_ [C] _ Joe was [Bb] working two jobs, _ and I was [F] always alone. _
[C] I _ needed [G] some time, [G] _ [F] and just a [Cm] little control.
[Eb] _ _
_ Just [Ebm] to keep my [F] _ right mind, just to try to [C] stay a whole. _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Partner, _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ to [Am] be his friend, not [G] just his wife.
I work hard for my [Am] children, _
[C] _ _ but they're my [Am] love [D] _
of [F] life.
I _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
went to work [G] in a factory, _ _ and you know it's rough [F] in this world.
_ _ My kids are [A] in high school, [Bb] _ and don't you know the boss calls me girl.
_ _ [C] But the [G] woman beside me, [C] _ [Bbm] as we [Gm] split out the [Eb] line.
_ Says tomorrow [F] _ is pay day, and the next [C] day is mine.
_ _ It's a race [G] for the strong, _ _ _ cause it'll grind [F] up the meek.
_ [A] _ When your [Bb] money runs short, _ about the [C] end of a week.
_ _ And your car needs [G] some tires, _ _ [Bbm] and your kid [Eb] needs some shoes.
_ For a working [F] class woman, _ hey that's an old [C] kind of blues.
_ _ Now this system buys hands, [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] but you must not use your [G] head.
They'll shake you [C] and break you, [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[Am] till all your [D] senses are [F] dead. _ _
_ [C] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh well I know [F] there [G] are answers, _ and I gotta get to [F] the source.
_ _ I think me [Bb] and this system, _ got to get a [F] divorce. _
_ _ [C] I can't make [G] enough money, _ [C] _ [Bb] and I [G] can't [Eb] find enough time.
But I'm a hard [F] working woman, _ _ and the future [C] is mine.
_ Well it's more [G] where I come from, yeah and we got anger [F] to burn. _
_ _ But [D] we're talking and [Bb] moving, _
_ _ [Bbm] we're gonna study [G] and learn.
_ _ [C] _ Build a unity [G] team, _ _ _ [Bbm] on a [C] straight [Eb] arrow line.
_ _ If today [F] is the bosses, _ _ I know tomorrow [C] is mine.
_ _ _ And I know it takes loving, [Am] _ _ [C] _ and I know it [A] takes time.
[B] But [A] _ I'm a working [G] class woman, _ [Fm] and the future is [F] mine.
_ _ I'm [G] a working class woman, _ [F] _ and the future [C] is [F] mine.
_ _ I'm a working, [G] _ _ _
_ [F] and the future is mine. _ _
_ I'm a working [G] class _ _ _
[F] _ woman.
The future _ _ _ is [C] mine.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _