Key: E minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
in the shop with you
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Got to build you a uni on,
got to make it strong
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But if you all stick together,
it won't be long
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You get shorter hours,
Yo, take your kids to the seashore,
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man
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It ain't quite that simple,
so I better explain
Just why you got to ride
on the union train
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If you wait for the boss to raise your pay
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You'll all be married
Gone to heaven
Say you're here to be the
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Now, you know you're underpaid
but the boss says you ain't
Speeds up the work till you're
about to faint
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Maybe down and out, but you ain't beaten
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and even call a meeting
Talk it over
Speak your mind,
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decide to do something about it
Of course,
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the boss may persuade
some poor damn fool
to go to your meet and act like a stool.
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You can always tell a stool,
that's a fact.
He's got a yellow streak
He'll always get along
on what he takes out of
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You know that. You know that.
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That's right.
when you're sitting pretty
But some of the folks on the
steering committee
The boss won't listen when
one of you squawks,
You better be mighty lonely
if everybody decide to
walk out on him.
Suppose they're working
you so hard
it's just outrageous,
I'll see you all in hell.
He's that mighty slick,
cause he thinks he's got
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Your Union Lick
What does he see?
But a thousand pickets
And they all agree
He's a bastard
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Unfair Slave drive
Bet he beats his dog
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Ha!
The National Guard
Tell you it's a crime
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They'll have you in your car
The rage of meaning,
they'll hit you on the head
They'll call everyone of you
a goddamn threat
Unpatriotic terrorist
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What?
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But out at Ford,
here's what they found.
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Out at UPS,
here's what they found.
here's what they found.
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If you don't let clear hatred
break you up.
And if you don't let the racism
break you up.
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If you don't let homophobia
break you up.
break you up,
Take it, take it, take it, take it.
Take it easy
Take it easy
Take it easy
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Take it easy
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Big payback
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Take it easy, take it easy,
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take it easy, take it easy, but take it. you
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