The Longest Johns – The Workers Song (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Verse 1]
G Am/C G Oh, come on all you workers, who toil night and day Am/C G D By hand and by brain, to earn your pay G Am/C G Who for centuries all past for no more than your bread Am/C G D G Have bled for your countries and counted your dead
[Chorus]
G Am/C G We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die Am/C G D The first ones in line for that pie in the sky G Am/C G And we're always the last when the cream is shared out Am/C G D G For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
[Verse 2]
G Am/C G In the fact'ries and mills, shipyards and mines Am/C G Am/C D We'vе often been told to keep up with the times G Am/C G For our skills arе not needed, they've streamlined the job Am/C G D G With sliderule and stopwatch, our pride they have robbed
[Chorus]
G Am/C G We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die Am/C G D The first ones in line for that pie in the sky G Am/C G And we're always the last when the cream is shared out Am/C G D G For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
[Verse 3]
G Am/C G And when the sky darkens, and the prospect is war Am/C G Am/C D Who's given a gun and then pushed to the fore? G Am/C G And expected to die, for the land of our birth Am/C G D G Though we've never a one lousy handful of earth
[Chorus]
G Am/C G We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die Am/C G D The first ones in line for that pie in the sky G Am/C G And we're always the last when the cream is shared out Am/C G D G For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
[Verse 4]
G Am/C G And all of these things, the worker has done Am/C G Am/C D From tillin' the fields, to carryin' the gun G Am/C G We've been yoked to the plow, since time first began Am/C G D G And always expected to carry the can
[Chorus]
G Am/C G We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die Am/C G D The first ones in line for that pie in the sky G Am/C G And we're always the last when the cream is shared out Am/C G D G For the worker is working when the fat cat's about G Am/C G We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die Am/C G D The first ones in line for that pie in the sky G Am/C G And we're always the last when the cream is shared out Am/C G D G For the worker is working when the fat cat's about