Joel Plaskett – Solidarity (Guitar)

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Played on a tenor guitar and octave mandolin; this version is for guitar. [Intro]
D    A
Solidarity

   G              D
We stand in solidarity

      G              D         A   G
we're weary but we're ready
D A G D G D A G [Verse 1]
  D
I grew up in the suburbs

  G              
I sing now for my supper

    D                 D/C#
Don't live the life of Riley

       G              A
But it's not that far removed

   D
A stranger to the struggle

    G                          
I've never walked a mile 

        A    G
in your shoes
[Verse 2]
   D
I grew up in the east end

  G
could've joined the union

 D                D/C#
building cars in Dagenham

    G              A
instead I packed my bags

D
landed in America

  G          D
ended up in Canada  

  Bm       A        G
I fly no country's flag
[Chorus]
D    A
Solidarity

G              D
We stand in solidarity

     G                D
we're weary but we're ready

       A             G
pushing boulders up the hill

D              A  
let em have the towers

       G             D
the next blues sky is ours

  A
We're in this fight to win 

        G     
and we will    (and we will)
D A G D G D A G [Verse 3]
  D
I worked in New Orleans

 G
in 1966

 D              D/C#
cleaning up the damage

      G          A
after the hurricane 

D
Rode the bus across the city

  G         
from Saint Bernard

           A      G
to Pontchartrain
[Verse 4]
D
I been to California

 G
the new one and the old one

 D                      D/C#
you find your people everywhere

      G             A
they open up your mind

D
They might be left of centre

  G          
but they won't be

    G       A   G
left behind
[Chorus]
D      A
Solidarity

G               D
We stand in solidarity

     G               D
we're weary but we're ready

       A               G
pushing boulders up the hill

D               A
let em have the towers

       G               D
the next blues sky is ours

  G
We're in this fight to win 

        A    G
and we will    
D A G D G D A G [Chorus]
D      A
Solidarity

G               D
We stand in solidarity

     G               D
we're weary but we're ready

       A               G
pushing boulders up the hill

D               A
let em have the towers

       G               D
the next blues sky is ours

  G
We're in this fight to win 

        A    G
and we will    
[Outro]
D      A
Solidarity

G               D
We stand in solidarity

     G               D
we're weary but we're ready

       A               G
pushing boulders up the hill

      D     A    D
and we will