{"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":1868009,"song":"What Reason Have They To Dance","artist":"The Orphans","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11417440-what-reason-have-they-to-dance-chords-by-the-orphans/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1868009?type=chord","rating":4.69331,"votes":5,"content":"What Reason Have They to Dance?\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nToday in a village of famine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA feast was had by all[/tab]\r\nSo stop all the presses\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand listen for the riots and brawls[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut no rifles were aimed at comrades,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnly at our fascist lords[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were ghosts of[/tab]\r\nWinstanley’s farmers\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen they were wielding[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPloughs not swords[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat reason have they to dance[/tab]\r\nAnd to sing?\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir pockets are all empty,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey've no stewards, queens or kings[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo bosses, laws or order[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMarching armies must we bring[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo give them all a reason[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow to dance[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd to sing![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHush scholar of history,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDo not write a word[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll make repetition out of precedents,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSee that this dream goes deferred[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell of insatiable greed within us[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd how the rebellion didn't work[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo in a hundred years it's forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShift the tale and shift the worth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat reason have they to dance and to sing?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir pockets are all empty,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey've no stewards, queens or kings[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo bosses, laws or order[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMarching armies must we bring[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo give them all a reason[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow to dance and to sing![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n???\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the women took up arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo kill the fascists to protect life[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the food was freed at last[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor all the people's fork and knife[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Tis the reason they have to dance and to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir pockets are all empty,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey've no stewards, queens or kings[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo bosses, laws or order,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEveryone has everything[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEach day gives them a reason now[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo dance and to sing![/tab]","plain_text":"What Reason Have They to Dance?\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nSo stop all the presses\n\n\n\n\nWinstanley’s farmers\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nAnd to sing?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nD C B A G\n\n???\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","A","C","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}