Billy Bragg – Never Cross A Picket Line (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G
Five hundred men sacked for refusing

C            D      G      D
to ever cross a picket line

G          Em       G
The voices down the ages warning

C             D      Em
Never cross a picket line!

C                      D      G     C G   C D Em   C G
you must never cross a picket line!
[Verse 2]
G
Two years gone by but still they never

C            D      G      D
ever cross a picket line

G          Em       G
With their wives and children they stand together

C             D      Em
Never cross a picket line!

C                      D      G
you must never cross a picket line!
[Chorus]
G
Look away, look away

G              C       G
look away out west to San Francisco
Look away, look away
G              C        G
look away down south to Sydney Harbour

C         D            Em
where the dockers have organised

C                      D      G
the world's longest picket line
[Verse 3]
G
Technically this is an illegal strike

C            D       G
Never cross a picket line!

G
But technically workers have no rights

C             D      Em
Never cross a picket line!

C                      D      G     C G   C Em   C G
You must never cross a picket line!
[Verse 4]
G
Oh, I want to live in a brand new Britain

C            D       G
Never cross a picket line!

G
Where workers rights are enshrined and written

C             D      Em
Never cross a picket line!

C                      D      G
You must never cross a picket line!
[Chorus]
G
Look away, look away

G             D       G
Look away out west to San Diego

G
Look away, look away

G             D       G
Look away out east to far Osaka

C         D            Em
where the dockers have organised

C                      D      G
the world's longest picket line
[Verse 5]
G
The Tories are gone but there's no improvement

C            D       G
Never cross a picket line!

G
Now where is the might of the Labour movement

C             D      Em
Never cross a picket line!

C                      D      G     C D G   C D Em   C D G
You must never cross a picket line!
[Chorus]
G
Look away, look away,

G
Look away down south to Auckland City

G
Look away, look away

G
Look away out west to old Vancouver

C         D            Em
where the dockers have organised

C                      D      G
the world's longest picket line

C         D            Em
Where the dockers have realised:

C                      D      G
You must never cross a picket line!