Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard tuning
SONG: WORKERS OF THE WORLD - UNITE
ARTIST: THE LAST INTERNATIONALE
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
WORKERS OF THE WORLD - UNITE
THE LAST INTERNATIONALE
CAPO: 4th FRET
INTRO:
A minorAm
VERSE:
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
I come from East Virginia
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
Where I was born an old back shed
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
My father moved us to New Orleans
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
Where he was forced to use his hands
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Then late one night they took him away from us
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
Because he learned to use his head
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
My mother cried when the judge said "life"
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
The union was his only crime
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
I'm still told to leave it all behind
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I spent my whole life on a picket line
Screaming,
CHORUS:
C majorC FF
Workers Unite
C majorC G+G
Don't give up the fight
C majorC FF C majorC
Workers of the world unite.
G+G A minorAm
Unite!
VERSE:
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
At my old age I'm still working as a slave
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
Those bosses work you to your grave
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
They claim to be like common folk
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
They packed their bags when the levees broke
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
For five long days I watched those waters rise
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I was forgotten and left to die
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
I've got no country I've got no home
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
Or no one to call my own
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
I'm driftin' back to East Virginia
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
I'm going back to that ol' dark shed
A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
I remember what my father said
C majorC E minorEm A minorAm
When he was waiting on line for bread
Screaming,
CHORUS:
C majorC FF
Workers Unite
C majorC G+G
Don't give up the fight
C majorC FF C majorC
Workers of the world unite.
G+G
Unite!
CHORUS:
C majorC FF
Workers Unite
C majorC G+G
Don't give up the fight
C majorC FF C majorC
Workers of the world unite.
G+G A minorAm
Uni-i-i-ite!