Chords for The Strawbs - Part of The Union ( Live at Robin 2 Bilston 2006)

[G] _ _ [N] Plenty for Dave to tune up here. _
So I would like you to cast your mind back to 1973.
The miners were on strike.
The Ted Heath government was about to bite the dust.
But still all you wonderful people went out and bought this record
and made the Straubs the stars that [G] they are. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now I'm a union man.
[Am] I'm eased of what I am.
[C] I [G] say what I [Am] think that the [G] company stinks.
[D] Yes, [C] I'm a [G] union man.
When we meet in the local hall,
[Am] I'll be voting with a maul.
[C] With [Bm] a hell of a [Am] shout,
[G] Sound Brothers [D] out and [C] the rise of the [G] factory's [D] fall.
[G] Oh, you don't get me, I'm part of the [D] union.
You don't get [G] me, I'm part of the union.
You don't get me, I'm part of the [C] union.
[G] Till the [Am] day I die.
[C] [D] Till the day [G] I die.
_ _ As a union man, I'm wise.
To [Am] the lies of the company's spies.
[C] I [G] don't get [A] fooled by [G] the factory [D] rule.
Because [C] I always [G] read between the lines.
And I always get my way.
[Am] If I strike for higher pay.
[C] When I [G] show my [Am] card to the [G] Scotland [D] Yard.
This [C] is what [G] I [D] say.
Oh, _ [G] you don't get me, I'm part of the union.
[D] You don't get me, [G] I'm part of the union.
You don't get me, I'm part of the [C] union.
[G] Till the [Am] day I die.
[D] Till the [G] day I die.
Hey, y'all clap.
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[Bm] _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
Before the union stood up here.
[Am] My life was half as clear.
[C] Now I got [G] the [Am] power, the [G] working hour.
[D] And [C] every other [G] day of the year.
So though I'm a working man.
[Am] I can ruin the government's plan.
[C] I'm not [G] too [A] hot, but the [G] sight of my [D] car.
Makes me [C] some kind of [G] [D] superman.
Oh, _ _ _ [G] you don't get me, I'm part of the [D] union.
You don't get me, [G] I'm part of the union.
You don't get me, I'm part of the [C] union.
[G] Till the [Am] day I die.
[C] [D] Till the [G] day I die.
You don't get me, I'm part of [D] the union.
You don't get [G] me, I'm part of the union.
You don't get me, I'm part of [C] the union.
[G] Till the day I [Am] die.
[C] Till [G] the day I die. _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
You don't get me, I'll probably [D] leave you.
You don't get [G] me, I'll probably leave you.
You don't get me, I'll probably [C] leave you.
[G] Till [Am] the day I die.
[D] Till [G] the day I die.
_ _ Thank [D]
you all very [N] much.
God bless. _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [Gm] Once again, thank you all.
[C] And I've changed my mind.
[N] We'll be back in another 25 years.
Thank you very much. _ _
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