The Mountain Goats – Solidarity Forever (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
G When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run C G There can be no power greater 'neath the stars or 'neath the sun G Em Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one? C D G For the union makes us strong
[Chorus]
G Solidarity forever C G Solidarity forever G Em Solidarity forever C D G For the union makes us strong
[Verse 2]
G Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite C G Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? G Em Is there anything left to us but to organize and fight? C D G For the union makes us strong
[Chorus]
G Solidarity forever C G Solidarity forever G Em Solidarity forever C D G For the union makes us strong
[Verse 3]
G All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone C G We have laid the wide foundations, built it skyward stone by stone G Em It is ours, not to toil in, but to master and to own C D G For the union makes us strong (yeah!)
[Chorus]
G Solidarity forever C G Solidarity forever G Em Solidarity forever C D G For the union makes us strong
[Verse 4]
G They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn C G But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn G Em We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn C D G That the union makes us strong
[Chorus]
G Solidarity forever C G Solidarity forever G Em Solidarity forever C D G For the union makes us strong
[Verse 5]
G In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold C G Greater than the might of armies, magnified a thousand-fold G Em We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old C D G For the union makes us strong
[Chorus]
G Solidarity forever C G Solidarity forever G Em Solidarity forever C D G For the union makes us strong (everybody!) G Solidarity forever C G Yeah, solidarity forever G Em Oh, solidarity forever C D G Cadd9 G For the union makes us strong