Chords for The Workers' Song
Tempo:
82.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] Come all you [A] workers who [G] toil [E] night and day,
By [A] hand and by brain to earn your pay,
Who [E] for centuries long past [A] find no more than your [E] bread,
[A] Have [Em] bled for [E] your country, [A] counted [E] your dead,
Ay, the factories and mills, the shipyards and mines,
[A] We've often told to keep up with the time,
[E] But our skills are not needed now,
For they streamline [A] the job,
[E] When lawyers and computers [A] are alive,
[E] They'll rob aye, but when the sky darkens,
And the prospect is war,
[A] They'll give us a gun,
And punch us to the floor, and expect [E] us to die,
Upon the [A] land of our birth,
[Em]
[E] Although we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
We're the first ones to starve,
The first ones to die,
[A] The first ones in line for that pie in the sky,
We're always [E] the last,
When the cream is [A] shared out,
For the [E] workers working,
[A] When the fat cat's [E] about now,
For all of these things,
That the worker has done,
[A] From tilling the field,
To carrying the gun,
Even yokes on [E] the plow,
Since time first [A] begun,
But I'm afraid, [E] I'm afraid,
[A] The race [E] does not run far,
When the sky darkens,
And the prospect is war,
[A] They'll give him a gun,
And push him to the floor, and expect [E] him to die,
Upon the land of [A] his birth,
[E] Although we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
[A] Although [E] we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
[A] Although we [E] never owned [A] one handful of [E] earth.
By [A] hand and by brain to earn your pay,
Who [E] for centuries long past [A] find no more than your [E] bread,
[A] Have [Em] bled for [E] your country, [A] counted [E] your dead,
Ay, the factories and mills, the shipyards and mines,
[A] We've often told to keep up with the time,
[E] But our skills are not needed now,
For they streamline [A] the job,
[E] When lawyers and computers [A] are alive,
[E] They'll rob aye, but when the sky darkens,
And the prospect is war,
[A] They'll give us a gun,
And punch us to the floor, and expect [E] us to die,
Upon the [A] land of our birth,
[Em]
[E] Although we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
We're the first ones to starve,
The first ones to die,
[A] The first ones in line for that pie in the sky,
We're always [E] the last,
When the cream is [A] shared out,
For the [E] workers working,
[A] When the fat cat's [E] about now,
For all of these things,
That the worker has done,
[A] From tilling the field,
To carrying the gun,
Even yokes on [E] the plow,
Since time first [A] begun,
But I'm afraid, [E] I'm afraid,
[A] The race [E] does not run far,
When the sky darkens,
And the prospect is war,
[A] They'll give him a gun,
And push him to the floor, and expect [E] him to die,
Upon the land of [A] his birth,
[E] Although we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
[A] Although [E] we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
[A] Although we [E] never owned [A] one handful of [E] earth.
Key:
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A
Em
G
[E] _ _ _ _ _ Come all you [A] workers who [G] toil [E] night and day,
_ By [A] hand and by brain to earn your pay,
Who [E] for centuries long past _ _ [A] find no more than your [E] bread, _
_ [A] Have [Em] bled for [E] your country, [A] counted [E] your dead,
Ay, the factories and mills, _ the shipyards and mines,
_ _ [A] We've often told to keep up with the time,
[E] But our skills are not needed now, _
For they streamline [A] the job, _ _ _
[E] When lawyers and computers [A] are alive,
[E] They'll rob aye, but when the sky darkens,
_ And the prospect is war,
_ _ _ [A] They'll give us a gun,
And punch us to the floor, and expect [E] us to die, _ _
Upon the [A] land of our birth,
_ _ [Em]
[E] Although we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
We're the first ones to starve,
_ _ The first ones to die,
_ _ [A] The first ones in line for that pie in the sky,
We're always [E] the last,
_ When the cream is [A] shared out,
_ _ For the [E] workers working,
[A] When the fat cat's [E] about now,
For all of these things,
_ That the worker has done, _ _
[A] From tilling the field,
To carrying the gun,
Even yokes on [E] the plow,
_ _ Since time first [A] begun,
_ _ But I'm afraid, [E] I'm afraid,
[A] The race [E] does not run far,
When the sky darkens, _
And the prospect is war, _ _ _ _
[A] They'll give him a gun,
And push him to the floor, and expect [E] him to die,
_ _ Upon the land of [A] his birth,
_ _ [E] Although we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
_ _ [A] Although [E] we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth, _ _
[A] Although we [E] never owned [A] one handful of [E] earth. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ By [A] hand and by brain to earn your pay,
Who [E] for centuries long past _ _ [A] find no more than your [E] bread, _
_ [A] Have [Em] bled for [E] your country, [A] counted [E] your dead,
Ay, the factories and mills, _ the shipyards and mines,
_ _ [A] We've often told to keep up with the time,
[E] But our skills are not needed now, _
For they streamline [A] the job, _ _ _
[E] When lawyers and computers [A] are alive,
[E] They'll rob aye, but when the sky darkens,
_ And the prospect is war,
_ _ _ [A] They'll give us a gun,
And punch us to the floor, and expect [E] us to die, _ _
Upon the [A] land of our birth,
_ _ [Em]
[E] Although we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
We're the first ones to starve,
_ _ The first ones to die,
_ _ [A] The first ones in line for that pie in the sky,
We're always [E] the last,
_ When the cream is [A] shared out,
_ _ For the [E] workers working,
[A] When the fat cat's [E] about now,
For all of these things,
_ That the worker has done, _ _
[A] From tilling the field,
To carrying the gun,
Even yokes on [E] the plow,
_ _ Since time first [A] begun,
_ _ But I'm afraid, [E] I'm afraid,
[A] The race [E] does not run far,
When the sky darkens, _
And the prospect is war, _ _ _ _
[A] They'll give him a gun,
And push him to the floor, and expect [E] him to die,
_ _ Upon the land of [A] his birth,
_ _ [E] Although we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth,
_ _ [A] Although [E] we never owned [A] one [E] handful of earth, _ _
[A] Although we [E] never owned [A] one handful of [E] earth. _ _ _ _ _ _