Printer's Trade chords by
Ewan Maccoll

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Key: Bb major•

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 uni on we have made.

Together we stand in a

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strong and lively band

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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.

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TunerE A D G B E

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ChordsBb F Eb

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