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We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years

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[Verse 1]
AWe have fed you all for a Dthousand Eyears,
BAnd you hail us Dstill unAfed,
Though there's never a dollar of Dall your Ewealth.
BBut marks the Dworkers' Adead.
We have Dyielded our best to Agive you rest
And you Blie on crimson Ewool.
And if Ablood be the price of Dall your Ewealth,
BGood God! We have Dpaid in Afull!
[Verse 2]
AThere is never a mine blown Dskyward Enow.
BBut we're buried aDlive for Ayou.
There's never a wreck drifts Dshoreward Enow,
BBut we are its Dghastly Acrew.
Go Dreckon our dead by the Aforges red
And the Bfactories where we Espin.
If Ablood be the price of your Dcursed Ewealth,
BGood God! We have Dpaid it Ain!
[Verse 3]
AWe have fed you all for a Dthousand Eyears -
BFor that was our Ddoom, you Aknow;
From the days when you chained us Din your Efields
BTo the strike a Dweek aAgo.
You have Dtaken our lives, our Ahusbands and wives,
And we're Btold it's your legal Eshare.
But if Ablood be the price of your Dlawful Ewealth,
BGood God! We have Dbought it Afair!

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We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years

by Utah Phillips

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[Verse 1]

A D E

We have fed you all for a thousand years,

B D A

And you hail us still unfed,

D E

Though there's never a dollar of all your wealth.

B D A

But marks the workers' dead.

D A

We have yielded our best to give you rest

B E

And you lie on crimson wool.

A D E

And if blood be the price of all your wealth,

B D A

Good God! We have paid in full!

[Verse 2]

A D E

There is never a mine blown skyward now.

B D A

But we're buried alive for you.

D E

There's never a wreck drifts shoreward now,

B D A

But we are its ghastly crew.

D A

Go reckon our dead by the forges red

B E

And the factories where we spin.

A D E

If blood be the price of your cursed wealth,

B D A

Good God! We have paid it in!

[Verse 3]

A D E

We have fed you all for a thousand years -

B D A

For that was our doom, you know;

D E

From the days when you chained us in your fields

B D A

To the strike a week ago.

D A

You have taken our lives, our husbands and wives,

B E

And we're told it's your legal share.

A D E

But if blood be the price of your lawful wealth,

B D A

Good God! We have bought it fair!

About We Have Fed You All For A Thousand Years Chords by Utah Phillips

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