To Have And To Have Not chords by The Menzingers

Chords with lyrics

This is The Menzinger's acoustic cover of the Billy Bragg song 'To Have and To Have Not'.

Intro: G, Cadd9, E minorEm (Quick change) D, G, Cadd9, Em, (Quick change)

Verse 1:
G+G    Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
Up in the morning and out to school
E minorEm D MajorD    G+G
Mother says there'll be no work next year
G+G    Cadd9Cadd9         G+G
Qualifications once the golden rule
E minorEm D MajorD      G+G
Are now just pieces of paper

Chorus 1:
G+G          Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
Just because youre better than me
E minorEm D MajorD        G+G
Doesnt mean I’m lazy
G+G   Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
Just because youre going forwards
E minorEm D MajorD       G+G
Doesnt mean Im going backwards

Interlude: Em, Asus2, Em, Dsus2Dsus2 (x2)

Verse 2:
G+G        E minorEm        G+G
The factories are closing and the armys full -
E minorEm D MajorD           G+G
I dont know what Im going to do
G+G           E minorEm         G+G
But Ive come to see in the land of the free
E minorEm   D MajorD       G+G
Theres only a future for the chosen few

Chorus:
G+G       Asus4Asus4         Cadd9Cadd9
Just because youre better than me
E minorEm D MajorD       G+G
Doesn’t mean I’m lazy
G+G   Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
Just because youre going forwards
E minorEm D MajorD       G+G
Doesnt mean Im going backwards

Interlude: Em, Asus2, Em, Dsus2Dsus2 (x2)

Verse 3:
G+G       Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
If you look the part you’ll get the job
E minorEm D MajorD           G+G
In last years trousers and your old school shoes
G+G       Asus4Asus4    Cadd9Cadd9     G+G
The truth is son, its a buyers market
E minorEm D MajorD         G+G
They can afford to pick and choose

Chorus 2:
G+G    Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
Just because youre better than me
E minorEm D MajorD   G+G
Doesnt mean I’m lazy
G+G    Cadd9Cadd9      G+G
Just because I dress like this,
E minorEm D MajorD        G+G
Doesnt mean Im a communist.

Interlude: Em, Asus2, Em, Dsus2Dsus2 (x2)

Verse 3: (One Strum and dead strumming)
G+G         Cadd9Cadd9      E minorEm
At twenty one youre on to of the scrapheap
E minorEm                    Dsus4Dsus4
At sixteen you were top of the class
Asus4Asus4           Cadd9Cadd9
All they taught you at school
E minorEm
Was how to be a good worker
Dsus4Dsus4                   G+G
The system has failed you, dont fail yourself

Chorus 1:
G+G          Cadd9Cadd9    G+G
Just because youre better than me
E minorEm D MajorD        G+G
Doesnt mean Im lazy
G+G   Cadd9Cadd9       G+G
Just because youre going forwards
E minorEm D MajorD       G+G
Doesnt mean Im going backwards