To Have And To Have Not Chords by Billy Bragg

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Up in the morning and [Em] after school Mother says there'll [G] be no work next year
Qualifications, what's the golden [Em] rule?
And now just pieces [G] of paper
Just because [Em] you're better than me Doesn't mean [G] I'm lazy
Just because [G] you're [Em] going forwards Doesn't mean [D] I'm [G] going backwards
[Em] If _ _ _ [G] _ _
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you look the part you'll get the job [Em] And last year's trousers [G] and your old school shoes
Once you've decided to buy [Em] a smart kit They can't afford [G] to pick and choose
Just because [G] you're better [Em] than me Doesn't mean [G] I'm lazy
Just because [G] I dress [E] like this Doesn't mean [G] I'm a communist
_ [Em] The _ _ _ [G] _ _
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factories are closed and the army's [Em] full I don't know what [G] I'm going to do
But I've come to see in the land of the free [Em] There's only a future [G] for the chosen few
Just because [A] you're [Em] better than me Doesn't mean I'm [G] lazy
Just because you're going [Em] forwards Doesn't mean [G] I'm going backwards
At [C] _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
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twenty when you're on top [E] I'd be scrappy But [Em] sixteen you [G] were top of your class
All they taught you at school was how to be a [Em] good worker System has failed, you [G] don't fail Russell
Just [Am] because [G] you're better [Em] than me Doesn't mean [G] I'm lazy
Just because you're going [Em] forwards Doesn't mean [G] I'm going [E] backwards