Rich Men Earning North Of A Million chords by Billy Bragg

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: A minorAm

🎸 Intro:

A minorAm | FF | C majorC | G+G |


🎸 Verse 1:
     A minorAm         FF
If you’re selling your soul, working all day
C majorC          G+G
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
   A minorAm            FF
Well, nothing’s gonna change if all you do
  C majorC               G+G
Is wish you could wake up and it not be true

🎸 Chorus:
    A minorAm  FF
Join a union
 C majorC        G+G
Fight for better pay
         A minorAm       FF
You better join a union, brother
C majorC      G+G
Organise today


🎸 Post-Chorus:
       FF
You’ll see where the problem really lies
     C majorC       G+G
When the union comes around
A minorAm        FF
Rich men earning north of a million
    C majorC           FF
Wanna keep the working folk down
    C majorC          (A minorAm)
Wanna keep the working folk down


🎸 Instrumental:
A minorAm | FF | C majorC | G+G |


🎸 Verse 2:
       A minorAm       FF
    If you form a union, you’ll soon find
       C majorC         G+G
    That working people are all of one kind
       A minorAm             FF
    So we ain’t gonna punch down on those who need
     C majorC               G+G
    A augmentedA bit of understanding and some solidarity
A minorAm FF       C majorC      G+G
    That ain’t right, friend

🎸 Verse 3:
      A minorAm                  FF
If you’re struggling with your health and you're putting on the pounds
 C majorC              G+G
Doctor gives you opiates to help you get around
    A minorAm                 FF
Well, wouldn’t it be better for folks like  you and me
  C majorC                G+G
If medicine was subsidised and the healthcare was free


🎸 Chorus:
    A minorAm   FF
Join a union
 C majorC        G+G
Fight for better pay
         A minorAm      FF
Common and join a union, sister
C majorC      G+G
Organise today


🎸 Post-Chorus:
  FF
It comes down to the self same thing
      C majorC         G+G
If you’re black or white or brown
A minorAm        FF
Rich men earning north of a million
    C majorC           FF
Wanna keep the working folk down
    C majorC          (A minorAm)
Wanna keep the working folk down


🎸 Instrumental:
A minorAm | FF | C majorC | G+G |


🎸 Verse 4:
         A minorAm             FF
    Well, we know your culture wars are there to distract
       C majorC             G+G
    While libertarian billionaires avoid paying tax
          A minorAm                FF
    You want to talk about bathrooms while the flood waters rise
      C majorC             G+G
    The forest is on fire and the wind burns our eyes
A minorAm FF        C majorC    G+G
    Something’s wrong here


🎸 Verse 5:
      A minorAm              FF
Well, they want to divide us, because together we’re strong
     C majorC               G+G
Are you gonna take action now, you’ve sung your damn song?
    A minorAm               FF
If you don’t like the rich man having total control
 C majorC         G+G
You better get the union to roll


🎸 Chorus:
    A minorAm   FF
Join a union
 C majorC        G+G
Fight for better pay
         A minorAm  FF
Common and join a union
C majorC      G+G
Organise today


🎸 Post-Chorus:
    FF
Don’t matter if you live in the city
  C majorC          G+G
Or some little country town
A minorAm        FF
Rich men earning north of a million
A minorAm        FF
Rich men earning north of a million
    A minorAm        FF
I say, "Rich men earning north of a million
    C majorC           FF
Wanna keep the working folk down
    C majorC          (A minorAm)
Wanna keep the working folk down


🎸 Instrumental:
A minorAm | FF | C majorC | G+G |


🎸 Outro:
     A minorAm              FF
If you’re selling your soul and you're working all day
C majorC          G+G
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
    A minorAm
Join a union