Printer's Trade chords by Ewan MacColl
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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In the beginning was the word.
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In the beginning was the word.
And when the time was right,
we took paper, ink, and type,
And sent it out in print to all the world.
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We belong to the union,
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the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
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strong and lively band
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and follow the printer's trade.
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The au thor is the man who has the dream,
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the au thor is the man who has the dream.
But the printer sets the stage,
gets the dream down on the page.
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You've got to have the printer
and his team.
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We belong to the union,
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the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
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strong and lively band
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and follow the printer's trade.
The journalist is paid to get the news,
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the journalist is paid to get the news.
But it cannot circulate
till the printer and his mate proof and print
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and pack and send it round the world.
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We belong to the union,
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the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
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strong and lively band
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and follow the printer's trade.
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In 89 our union first began,
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In 89 our union first began,
In the fight for decent pay,
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And a shorter working day,
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And conditions that
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would suit a union man.
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We belong to the union,
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the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
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strong and lively band
and follow the printers trade.
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We helped to build the union
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so it'd grow.
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We helped to build the union
so it'd grow.
And we fought at every stage
for a decent living wage
and gave the printing
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bosses blow for blow.
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We belong to the Union,
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the Union we have made.
Together we stand in a
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strong and lively band
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and follow the printer's trade.
It was in the year of 1959,
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it was in the year of 1959,
that the Union gave the call
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and loyal printers all fought
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and beat the bosses all along the line.
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We belong to the Union,
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the Union we have made.
Together we stand in a
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strong and lively band,
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and follow the printer's trade.
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They say the pen's more
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mighty than the sword,
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but the printing press is
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stronger than the pen.
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And mightier still is the power
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and the will of an army of Union men.
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We belong to the union,
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the union we have made.
Together we stand in a
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strong and lively band
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and follow the printer's trade.
Printer's Trade
Ewan MacColl
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