{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1709580,"song":"Workers Song","artist":"Dropkick Murphys","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11360130-workers-song-chords-by-dropkick-murphys/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1709580?type=chord","rating":4.82935,"votes":48,"content":"Capo on 1st, or tune UP a semi-tone (mind how you go with that thin E string), then it's a nice simple A D E\r\nThere are TABS on here for the bagpipe parts and the solo, I have just done the chords.\r\n\r\nINTRO (bagpipes): [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah, this one's for the workers who toil night and day[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy hand and by brain, to earn your pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho for centuries long past, for no more than your bread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHave bled for your countries and counted your dead[/tab]\r\n\r\nBREAK (INTRO): [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe've often been told to keep up with the times[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd with slide rule and stopwatch, our pride they have robbed[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe first ones in line for that pie in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we're always the last when the cream is shared out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the worker is working when the fat cat's about[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE 3:\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when the sky darkens and the prospect is war[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho's given the gun and then pushed to the fore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd expected to die for the land of our birth[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThough we've never owned one lousy handful of earth[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe first ones in line for that pie in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we're always the last when the creams is shared out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the worker is working when the fat cat's about[/tab]\r\n\r\nSOLO: [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\nBREAK (INTRO): [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe first ones in line for that pie in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we're always the last when the cream is shared out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the worker is working when the fat cat's about[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe first ones in line for that pie in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we're always the last when the cream is shared out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the worker is working when the fat cat's about[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE 4:\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd all of these things the worker has done[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFrom tilling the fields to carrying the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe've been yoked to the plow since time first began[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd always expected to carry the can[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 1st, or tune UP a semi-tone (mind how you go with that thin E string), then it's a nice simple A D E\nThere are TABS on here for the bagpipe parts and the solo, I have just done the chords.\n\nINTRO (bagpipes): A D A D A E A\n\nVERSE 1:\n\n\n\n\n\nBREAK (INTRO): A D A D A E A\n\nVERSE 2:\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 3:\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLO: D A D A D D E\n\nBREAK (INTRO): A D A D A E A\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 4:","chords":["E","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}