Worker's Song
Dropkick MurphysVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Fill Bagpipe Intro
e---------|---------------3----6-----3----6-----------------|
B---------|--6---3----------4----6-----4----6--3-----3------|
G---------|---------5--3-------------------------3-5---5-3--|
D--0------|-------------------------------------------------|
A----3-1--|-------------------------------------------------|
E---------|-------------------------------------------------|
Yeah, this one's for the workers who toil night and day
By hand and by brain, to earn your pay
For centuries long past for no more than your bread
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead
In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
We've often been told to keep up with the times
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
And with slide rule and stopwatch, our pride they have robbed
(with intro in the background)
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
The first ones in line for that pie in the sky
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war,
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
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth
e------------11-11-11-11-11-11----------11---------------|
B-------9----11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13b15----13-11-13b-11--|
G--8-10--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
e----11-11-11-11-11-11----------------------11-11-11-11-11-11--|
B--9-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------------9-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
G-----------------------10--10-10--8-8-8-----------------------|
D------------------------8---8--8--8-8-8-----------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e----11-11-11-11-11-11--13-13--------------13-13--------------|
B--9-11-11-11-11-11-11--13-13-11----11-10--13-13-11----11-10--|
G--------------------------------10-----------------10--------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
And all of these things the worker has done
From tilling the fields to carrying the gun
We've been yoked to the plow since time first began
And always expected to carry the can
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Readable chord sheet for Worker's Song by Dropkick Murphys
Fill Bagpipe Intro
e---------|---------------3----6-----3----6-----------------|
B---------|--6---3----------4----6-----4----6--3-----3------|
G---------|---------5--3-------------------------3-5---5-3--|
D--0------|-------------------------------------------------|
A----3-1--|-------------------------------------------------|
E---------|-------------------------------------------------|
Yeah, [Bb]this one's for the workers who [Eb]toil night and [Bb]day
By [Eb]hand and by brain[F], to earn your pay
For [Bb]centuries long past for no [Eb]more than your [Bb]bread
H[Eb]ave bled for your [Bb]countries and c[F]ounted your [Bb]dead
In the [Bb]factories and mills, in the [Eb]shipyards and [Bb]mines
We've [Eb]often been told to keep [F]up with the times
For our [Bb]skills are not needed, they've [Eb]streamlined the [Bb]job
And with [Eb]slide rule and [Bb]stopwatch, our [F]pride they have [Bb]robbed
(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
And [Bb]when the sky darkens and the [Eb]prospect is [Bb]war,
Who's [Eb]given the gun and then [F]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
Though we've [Eb]never owned [Bb]one lousy [F]handful of [Bb]earth
e------------11-11-11-11-11-11----------11---------------|
B-------9----11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13b15----13-11-13b-11--|
G--8-10--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
e----11-11-11-11-11-11----------------------11-11-11-11-11-11--|
B--9-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------------9-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
G-----------------------10--10-10--8-8-8-----------------------|
D------------------------8---8--8--8-8-8-----------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e----11-11-11-11-11-11--13-13--------------13-13--------------|
B--9-11-11-11-11-11-11--13-13-11----11-10--13-13-11----11-10--|
G--------------------------------10-----------------10--------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
And [Bb]all of these things the [Eb]worker has [Bb]done
From [Eb]tilling the fields to [F]carrying the gun
We've been [Bb]yoked to the plow since [Eb]time first [Bb]began
And [Eb]always ex[Bb]pected to [F]carry the [Bb]can
[Bb] [Bb]