Key: F major
Intro 1
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G
D
Verse 1
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D
Oh, who are you singing for,
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G
toiling hard the day long
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G
D
A
D
Just to go back to work for low wages
Oh, who are you singing for,
Bm
G
my pretty one?
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F#m
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To take all the spoils of the labouring poor
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D
A
And to see that they rise to his calling
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G
my pretty one?
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their right to be
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D
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of the people
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I sing for the taxpayer, paying his due
For the soldier, the rich man,
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the labourer, too
In support of this land,
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D
For the good and respect of his people
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I sing for the wanderer sat on a stone
Who rests for all four,
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though he travels alone
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and carefree
Oh, who are you singing for,
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who raises his glass
To the soldier and labouring
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man as they pass
To the wanderer taxpayer
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glass of champagne
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A
That the rich man politely re fuses
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who tenders to each
None of their pockets are
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out of his reach
Devising the reasons to
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take even more
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Quietly cursing the destitute
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D
For his limited meager resources
Oh, who are you singing for,
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who misleads all seven
Who charges till twelve,
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though he works till eleven
Who confounds,
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can charge even more
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G
And fleece all participant
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A
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parties
For who are you singing for,
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whose studies there is
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Whose doses are almost as high as his bills
He fixes the figures
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while fixing the arms
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A
D
li gent patients
Oh, who are you singing for,
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F#m
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who buries all night
His hand on his heart
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and his eye on the time
Who keeps a cool distance
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F#m
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at last to collect
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And consign to a place in God's keeping
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D
Oh, who are you singing for,
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who happily thrives
On the stresses and tensions
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and strains of their lives
Whose art is in lying,
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whose craft is in spin
Who could turn history's course
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on one end of the pin
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While touring first blood with the other
Oh, who are you singing for,
Em
F#m
my pretty one?
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