{"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":2244293,"song":"Working For The Yankee Dollar","artist":"Skids","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11472731-working-for-the-yankee-dollar-chords-by-skids/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2244293?type=chord","rating":4.5616,"votes":5,"content":" [Intro]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n [Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nSaw Vietnam as a partisan and wished I'd never been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nAs I held the rope on through the scope I wish I'd never seen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nWhere the air turned red as the bodies bled into a schoolboy's dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut who were there could only stare into this wondrous scene[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, head high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, in call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, we cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Link]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n\r\n [Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nIn Germany in the forty five, my mind was on the altar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nThought of god, the iron rod and thought that needed shelter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nFrom 'Tragen' pain and men insane and eyes that got much colder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaw a German son with a Yankee gun and a uniform much older[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, head high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, in call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, we cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\n\r\n [Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nProcessions bear that human flare which mark a hero's welcome[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nFor those dead and for those shed it was a big occasion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]\r\nAnd all flags and Yankee mags which embroidered all the meaning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn an oversight, forgot the fight, which never bore elation[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, head high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, in call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, we cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking for the Yankee dollar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n [Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]G6[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, head high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, in call[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Yankee, we cry[/tab]\r\n\r\nMark W","plain_text":"[Intro]\nBm A Em D Bm A Em D\nBm A Em A\n\n [Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Link]\nD A D A G6\nD A D A G6\n\n [Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Instrumental]\nA Asus4 A Asus4\nD A D A G6\nD A D A G6\n\n [Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Instrumental]\nBm A Em D Bm A Em D\nBm A Em D Bm A Em A\nD D\nD G6 G D G6 G\n\n\n [Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n [Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\nMark 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