{"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":695056,"song":"Freedom To The Working Man","artist":"Uisce Beatha","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11581906-freedom-to-the-working-man-chords-by-uisce-beatha/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/695056?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was still a young boy I sat on my Daddy's knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said all the work I do is to ensure you a better life than me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've toiled and laboured all my life for I knew it was my lot,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor today I go to picket for the little that we've got.[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow mom she'd gently rub my head and force a tender smile\r\nAs I dawned my brothers out grown clothes I thought I heard her cry\r\nWhat thoughts must have filled her head that early winters day\r\nWith love and hope and fear and hate she'd live to see them pay.\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo gather round and sing our song[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                \r\nthe workers voice is loud and strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nno longer held by the bosses hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFreedom to the working man.[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow the cabbage soup is on the boil and the devils at the door\r\nThey say that love is not enough and the children deserve more\r\nThey cart us out like the cattle and it tears my Momma's soul\r\nFor you can't support five children when you're livin' on the dole.\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nAnd though those days are long ago I never will forget\r\nThe loney nights and the hungry years I carry with me yet\r\nAnd when I pass a picket line I'll chear with hand clenched high\r\nCause I'll support the workin man until the day I die\r\n\r\nChorus","plain_text":"Now mom she'd gently rub my head and force a tender smile\nAs I dawned my brothers out grown clothes I thought I heard her cry\nWhat thoughts must have filled her head that early winters day\nWith love and hope and fear and hate she'd live to see them pay.\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow the cabbage soup is on the boil and the devils at the door\nThey say that love is not enough and the children deserve more\nThey cart us out like the cattle and it tears my Momma's soul\nFor you can't support five children when you're livin' on the dole.\n\nChorus\n\nAnd though those days are long ago I never will forget\nThe loney nights and the hungry years I carry with me yet\nAnd when I pass a picket line I'll chear with hand clenched high\nCause I'll support the workin man until the day I die\n\nChorus","chords":["C","Am","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}