There Is Power in a Union Billy Bragg
INTRO:
[C] [G] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
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[C] [G] [D] [GD]
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Chords:
[G]There is power in a factory, power in the land[C]
[G]Power in the hand of the worker[D] [Dus4] [D]
[G]But it all amounts to nothing if together we d[C]on't stand
T[G]here is power in a Union[D] [G]
[G]Now the lessons of the past were all learned w[C]ith workers blood
[G]The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for[D] [Dus4] [D]
[G] [C]
[G]War has always been the bosses way, sir[D] [G]
[G]The Union forever defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite[D]
[G]With our brothers and our sisters from many far-off land[C]s
[G]There is power in a Union[D] [G]
[G]Now I long for the morning that they realise[C]
[G]Brutality and unjust laws cannot defeat us[D] [Dus4] [D]
[G]But who'll defend the workers who cannot organise[C]
[G]When the bosses send there lackeys out to cheat us?[D] [G]
[G]Money speaks for money, the Devil for his own
Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone?[D]
[G]What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child[C]
[G]There is power in a Union[D] [G]
Solo:
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[G]The Union forever defending our rights
Down with the blackleg, all workers unite[D]
[G]With our brothers and our sisters from many far-off land[C]s
[G]There is power in a Union [D] [G]
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