To Have And To Have Not
Billy BraggVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
played twice before every verse);
up in the morning and out to school
mother says there'll be no work next year
qualifications once the golden rule
are now just pieces of paper
Just because you're better than me
doesn't mean i'm lazy
just because you're going forwards
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
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Readable chord sheet for To Have And To Have Not by Billy Bragg
played twice before every verse); [G] [C] [G] [Em] [D] [G] [G]up in the morning and [C]out to [G]school [Em]mother says there'll be no [D]work next [G]year [G]qualifications once the [C]golden [G]rule [Em]are now just pi[D]eces of [G]paper [G]Just because you're [C]better than [G]me [Em]doesn't mean i'm[D] lazy[G] [G]just because you're [C]going [G]forwards [Em]doesnt mean i'm [D]going [G]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