{"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":2345295,"song":"There Is Power In A Union","artist":"Billy Bragg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11485707-there-is-power-in-a-union-chords-by-billy-bragg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2345295?type=chord","rating":4.95234,"votes":97,"content":"There is Power in a Union – Billy Bragg\r\n\r\nFrom the album “Talking with the Taxman About Poetry” – 1986\r\nBased on the melody of the song “Battle Cry of Freedom”\r\n\r\n\r\nThe intro riff has been simplified. It doesn’t match exactly what Billy Bragg plays \r\nbut it is what I like to play\r\n\r\n[CHORDS]   EADGBe\r\n[ch]GM7/F#[/ch]     220033\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab]e:-----|----------------|------12---------|--------------|--------------|\r\nB:-O-1-|-3--3--1-0------|------13-----O-1-|-3--3--1-0--0-|-0--------0-1-|\r\nG:-O-0-|-0--0--0-0--2-0-|-------------O-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-|-0-2------0-0-|\r\nD:-----|------------0-0-|-2-2-------------|--------------|---0----------|\r\nA:-----|----------------|-3-3-------------|--------------|--------------|\r\nE:-----|----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e:|----------------|-----------------|------------|--------||\r\nB:|-3--3--1-0------|-----------------|--------0-0-|--------||\r\nG:|-0--0--0-0--2-0-|-----------------|-0----2-0-0-|-2-0----||\r\nD:|------------0-0-|-2-2-2-----------|-0----0-----|-0-0----||\r\nA:|----------------|-3-3-3-----------|------------|---2----||\r\nE:|----------------|-----------------|------------|--------||[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere is power in a factory, power in the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPower in the hand of the worker[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]GM7/F#[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is power in a Union[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow the lessons of the past were all learned with workers blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe mistakes of the bosses we must pay for[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]GM7/F#[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWar has always been the bosses way, sir[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Union forever defending our rights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown with the blackleg, all workers unite[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]GM7/F#[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith our brothers and our sisters from many far-off lands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is power in a Union[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I long for the morning that they realize[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBrutality and unjust laws cannot defeat us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]GM7/F#[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut who'll defend the workers who cannot organize?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the bosses send their lackeys out to cheat us?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMoney speaks for money, the Devil for his own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho comes to speak for the skin and the bone?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]GM7/F#[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat a comfort to the widow, a light to the child[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is power in a Union[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[SOLO] – over Chorus Chords\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Union forever defending our rights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDown with the blackleg, all workers unite[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]GM7/F#[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith our brothers and our sisters together we will stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is power in a Union[/tab]","plain_text":"There is Power in a Union – Billy Bragg\n\nFrom the album “Talking with the Taxman About Poetry” – 1986\nBased on the melody of the song “Battle Cry of Freedom”\n\n\nThe intro riff has been simplified. It doesn’t match exactly what Billy Bragg plays \nbut it is what I like to play\n\n[CHORDS]   EADGBe\nGM7/F#     220033\n\n\n[INTRO Riff]\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[SOLO] – over Chorus Chords\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["GM7/F#","B","G","D","A","E","C","Dsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}