Never Cross A Picket Line chords by Billy Bragg

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
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Five hundred men sacked for refusing
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to ever cross a picket line
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The voices down the ages warning
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Never cross a picket line!
C majorC           D MajorD   G+G   C majorC G+G  C majorC D MajorD E minorEm  C majorC G+G
you must never cross a picket line!

Verse 2:
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Two years gone by but still they never
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ever cross a picket line
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With their wives and children they stand together
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Never cross a picket line!
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you must never cross a picket line!


Chorus:
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Look away, look away
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look away out west to San Francisco

Look away, look away
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look away down south to Sydney Harbour
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where the dockers have organised
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the world's longest picket line


Verse 3:
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Technically this is an illegal strike
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Never cross a picket line!
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But technically workers have no rights
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Never cross a picket line!
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You must never cross a picket line!

Verse 4:
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Oh, I want to live in a brand new Britain
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Never cross a picket line!
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Where workers rights are enshrined and written
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Never cross a picket line!
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You must never cross a picket line!


Chorus:
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Look away, look away
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Look away out west to San Diego
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Look away, look away
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Look away out east to far Osaka
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where the dockers have organised
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the world's longest picket line


Verse 5:
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The Tories are gone but there's no improvement
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Never cross a picket line!
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Now where is the might of the Labour movement
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Never cross a picket line!
C majorC           D MajorD   G+G   C majorC D MajorD G+G  C majorC D MajorD E minorEm  C majorC D MajorD G+G
You must never cross a picket line!


Chorus:
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Look away, look away,
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Look away down south to Auckland City
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Look away, look away
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Look away out west to old Vancouver
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where the dockers have organised
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the world's longest picket line

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Where the dockers have realised:
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You must never cross a picket line!