There Is Power In A Union

INTRO Riff G C There is power in a factory, power in the land G D Dsus4 D Power in the hand of the worker G GM7/F# C But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand G D G There is power in a Union G C Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers blood G D Dsus4 D The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for G GM7/F# C From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud G D G War has always been the bosses way, sir G The Union forever defending our rights G D Down with the blackleg, all workers unite G GM7/F# C With our brothers and our sisters from many far-off lands G D G There is power in a Union G C Now I long for the morning that they realize G D Dsus4 D Brutality and unjust laws cannot defeat us G GM7/F# C But who'll defend the workers who cannot organize? G D G When the bosses send their lackeys out to cheat us? G Money speaks for money, the Devil for his own G D Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone? G GM7/F# C What a comfort to the widow, a light to the child G D G There is power in a Union SOLO – over Chorus Chords G The Union forever defending our rights G D Down with the blackleg, all workers unite G GM7/F# C With our brothers and our sisters together we will stand G D G There is power in a Union