Guitar chords with lyrics
Intro:B minorBm
A augmentedA
E minorEm
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA
E minorEm
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA
E minorEm
A augmentedA Verse 1:
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 Saw Vietnam as a partisan and wished I'd never been
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 As I held the rope on through the scope I wish I'd never seen
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 Where the air turned red as the bodies bled into a schoolboy's dream
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA But who were there could only stare into this wondrous scene
Chorus:G6G6
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, to war
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, head high
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, in call
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, we cry Link:
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 Verse 2:
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 In Germany in the forty five, my mind was on the altar
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 Thought of god, the iron rod and thought that needed shelter
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 From 'Tragen' pain and men insane and eyes that got much colder
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA Saw a German son with a Yankee gun and a uniform much older
Chorus:G6G6
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, to war
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, head high
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, in call
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, we cry Bridge:
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar Instrumental:
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
A augmentedA
Asus4Asus4
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 Verse 3:
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 Processions bear that human flare which mark a hero's welcome
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 For those dead and for those shed it was a big occasion
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G6G6 And all flags and Yankee mags which embroidered all the meaning
D MajorD
A augmentedA
D MajorD
A augmentedA In an oversight, forgot the fight, which never bore elation Chorus:
G6G6
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, to war
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, head high
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, in call
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, we cry Instrumental:
B minorBm
A augmentedA
E minorEm
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA
E minorEm
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA
E minorEm
D MajorD
B minorBm
A augmentedA
E minorEm
A augmentedA
D MajorD
D MajorD
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Bridge:
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar
D MajorD
G6G6
G+G Working for the Yankee dollar Outro:
G6G6
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, to war
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, head high
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, in call
E minorEm
B minorBm
D MajorD
A augmentedA Yankee, we cry
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Working For The Yankee Dollar' by The Skids, a punk rock band formed in 1977 from Dunfermline, Scotland