Rich Men Earning North Of A Million chords by Billy Bragg

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Am

🎸 Intro:

Am | F | C | G |


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

🎸 Chorus:
       Am    F
Join a union
 C                G
Fight for better pay
                  Am             F
You better join a union, brother
C           G
Organise today


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


🎸 Instrumental:
Am | F | C | G |


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


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


🎸 Chorus:
       Am     F
Join a union
 C                G
Fight for better pay
                  Am            F
Common and join a union, sister
C           G
Organise today


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


🎸 Instrumental:
Am | F | C | G |


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


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


🎸 Chorus:
       Am     F
Join a union
 C                G
Fight for better pay
                  Am    F
Common and join a union
C           G
Organise today


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


🎸 Instrumental:
Am | F | C | G |


🎸 Outro:
          Am                            F
If you’re selling your soul and you're working all day
C                   G
Overtime hours for bullshit pay
       Am
Join a union