Chord/Tab song: Worker's Song

Band: Dropkick Murphys

mute chord

Intro:
Fill Bagpipe Intro


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Verse 1:
Bb Eb Bb
Yeah, this one's for the workers who toil night and day
Eb F
By hand and by brain, to earn your pay
Bb Eb Bb
For centuries long past for no more than your bread
H[Eb]ave bled for your [Bb]countries and c[F]ounted your [Bb]dead

Intro x1

Verse 2:
Bb Eb Bb
In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
Eb F
We've often been told to keep up with the times
Bb Eb Bb
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
And with [Eb]slide rule and [Bb]stopwatch, our [F]pride they have [Bb]robbed

Chorus: (with intro in the background)
We're the [Bb]first ones to starve, we're the [Eb]first ones to [Bb]die
The [Eb]first ones in line for that [F]pie in the sky
And we're [Bb]always the last when the [Eb]cream is shared [Bb]out
For the [Eb]worker is [Bb]working when the [F]fat cat's [Bb]about

Verse 3:
Bb Eb Bb
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war,
Eb F
Who's given the gun and then pushed to the fore (after this a Bb chord is
Bb Eb Bb played up an octave)
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Eb Bb F Bb
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth

Chorus x1

Solo:


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Intro x1

Chorus x2

Outro Verse:
Bb~ Eb~ Bb~
And all of these things the worker has done
Eb~ F~
Bb~ Eb~ Bb~
We've been yoked to the plow since time first began
Eb~ Bb~ F~ Bb
And always expected to carry the can

[Bb-Bb]