To Have And To Have Not Chords by Billy Bragg

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Up in the morning and [Em] out to school, mother says [G] there'll be no work next year.
Qualifications like the golden rule.
[Em] I just piece [G] this off paper.
Just because [C] you're better than [Em] me doesn't mean [D] I'm [G] lazy.
Just because [C] you're [G] going [E] forwards doesn't mean [D] I'm [G] going backwards.
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If you look the part you'll get the [Em] job.
Then last year's trousers and your [G] old school shoes.
Then to this son it's a buyer's [Em] market.
They can't afford [G] to pick and choose.
Just because [Am] you're better [G] than [Em] me doesn't mean [D] I'm [G] lazy.
Just because [C] I [G] dress like [E] this doesn't mean [Em] I'm a [G] communist.
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The factories are closed and the army's [Em] full.
I don't know what I'm [G] going to do.
But I've come to see in the land of the [Em] free there's only a future for the [G] chosen few.
Just [A] because you're [G] better [Em] than me doesn't mean [G] I'm lazy.
Just because you're [G] going [Em] forwards doesn't mean I'm [G] going backwards.
At [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
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twenty-one you're on top of the [Em] scrappy.
At sixteen [G] you're on top of your class.
All they taught you at school was how to be a good [Em] worker.
The system has failed [G] you don't fail yourself.
Just because [Am] you're [G] better than [Em] me doesn't mean I'm [G] lazy.
Just because you're going [Em] forwards doesn't mean I'm going backwards.
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