Misc Traditional – Dump The Bosses Off Your Back (Guitar)
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Music: Traditional praise hymn (What A Friend We Have In Jesus)
Lyrics: John Brill (1916)
First published in the 9th edition (Joe Hill Memorial Edition)
of the Industrial Worker "Little Red Songbook," March 1916.
[Verse 1]
D G Are you poor, forlorn and hungry? D A Are there lots of things you lack? D G Is your life made up of misery? A D Then dump the bosses off your back. A D Are your clothes all patched and tattered? G D A Are you living in a shack? D G Would you have your troubles scattered? A D Then dump the bosses off your back.
[Verse 2]
D G Are you almost split asunder? D A Loaded like a long-eared jack? D G Boob - why don't you buck like thunder, A D And dump the bosses off your back? A D All the agonies you suffer G D A You can end with one good whack; D G Stiffen up, you orn'ry duffer A D And dump the bosses off your back.
(Third verse by Anne Feeney (2006))
[Verse 3]
D G If you find your factory is closed down D A Are your neighbours all on crack? D G Buck, let me give you the low down: A D Dump the bosses off your back. A D If you find your pension looted G D A Are your buddies in Iraq? D G Would you see the rascals booted? A D Dump the bosses off your back.