{"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":2480197,"song":"Workers Song","artist":"Cornelius Cardew","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11505908-workers-song-chords-by-cornelius-cardew/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2480197?type=chord","rating":0.06802,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI am a worker and I say it with pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe rich and their system I've always defied.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe wealth is created by our class far and wide[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the fruits of our labour are always denied.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe system's bad, bad, it will have to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've worked with men from all over the globe,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're all of one class, we share weal and woe,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut lately the racists have been launching attacks.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDirected against the entire working class.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe must fight, yes, we've got to fight back.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLately my wages have been going right down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe same thing is true for each worker in town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe government has not got our interests at heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nJust keeping alive has become quite an art.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey go down, down, yes, wages go down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI went to the union to ask what to do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut the man at headquarters just hadn't a clue.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe had a portrait of Callaghan and before it he knelt,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd his only advice was to tighten my belt.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe speaks for the rich and not for the working man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe cause of all problems is the capitalist class.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey cause wars, they cause hardship - and they always blame us.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith our Marxist-Leninist Party to lead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe have the solution - what the working class needs[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs proletarian revolution.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nDm    C    Dm    C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["Dm","C","Gm","A","Bb","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}