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To Have And To Have Not

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[intro] (played twice before every verse)  G   C   G   Em   D   G  
Gup in the morning and Cout to Gschool
Emmother says there'll be no Dwork next Gyear
Gqualifications once the Cgolden Grule
Emare now just piDeces of Gpaper
GJust because you're Cbetter than Gme
Emdoesn't mean i'm DlazyG  
Gjust because you're Cgoing Gforwards
Emdoesnt mean i'm Dgoing Gbackwards
(same riff for the whole song)
if you look the part, you'll get the job
in last year's trousers and your old school shoes
the truth is son, it's a buyer's market
they can't afford to pick and choose
just because you're better than me
doesn't mean i'm lazy
just because i dress like this
doesn't mean i'm a communist
the factories are closing and the army's full
i don't know what i'm going to do
but iv'e come to see that in the land of the free
there's only a future for the chosen few
just because you're better than me
doesn't mean i'm lazy
just because you're going forwards
doesn't mean i'm going backwards
at twenty-one you're on top of the scrap heap
at sixteen you were top of the class
all they tought you in school was how to be a good worker
the system has failed you, don't fail yourself
just because you're better than me
doesn't mean i'm lazy
just because you're going forwards
doesn't mean im going backwards
thats just the chords. i suggest listening to the cd and playing around with the
dynamics. alo try picking through the chords or just hitting the overdrive and playing

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To Have And To Have Not

by Billy Bragg

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G C G Em D G

[intro] (played twice before every verse)

G C G

up in the morning and out to school

Em D G

mother says there'll be no work next year

G C G

qualifications once the golden rule

Em D G

are now just pieces of paper

G C G

Just because you're better than me

Em D G

doesn't mean i'm lazy

G C G

just because you're going forwards

Em D G

doesnt mean i'm going backwards

(same riff for the whole song)

if you look the part, you'll get the job

in last year's trousers and your old school shoes

the truth is son, it's a buyer's market

they can't afford to pick and choose

just because you're better than me

doesn't mean i'm lazy

just because i dress like this

doesn't mean i'm a communist

the factories are closing and the army's full

i don't know what i'm going to do

but iv'e come to see that in the land of the free

there's only a future for the chosen few

just because you're better than me

doesn't mean i'm lazy

just because you're going forwards

doesn't mean i'm going backwards

at twenty-one you're on top of the scrap heap

at sixteen you were top of the class

all they tought you in school was how to be a good worker

the system has failed you, don't fail yourself

just because you're better than me

doesn't mean i'm lazy

just because you're going forwards

doesn't mean im going backwards

thats just the chords. i suggest listening to the cd and playing around with the

dynamics. alo try picking through the chords or just hitting the overdrive and playing

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