The Union Made Me Strong Chords - George Mann

Intro

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C Am Come all of you good workers, hear what I've got to say C Am There's a growing menace in the good 'ol USA F G It threatens to destroy us if we just leave it alone F G No one's safe when bosses try to make us eat our own

Verse 1

C Am Reactionary politicians have to make the news C Am Talk radio hosts amplify the rubbish that they spew F G If I didn't know better I'd think unions are to blame F G for everything that's going wrong and everybody's pain

Chorus

F G C Am Any time that working people start to get ahead F G C First they take our roses then they try to steal our bread F G C Am But I can tell you any time I questioned right from wrong F G C F G C The union made me strong.

Verse 2

C Am They own the news and TV and they own the radio C Am So is it any wonder that you've got nowhere to go F G They bleed you at the gas pump and they squeeze you at the store F G How much they gonna squeeze 'til you can't take it any more?

Chorus

Solo

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Bridge

F C If you're still not sure you're on the right side of this fight look at the other F G Two percent owns half the wealth and for that other half they'd sell their mother G Well maybe not their mother G But your mother, yeah they'd sell your mother.

Verse 3

C Am Well over in Wisconson they've begun to set it right C Am Now Walker knows that hes just chose the wrong people to fight F G Are you gonna stand alone or answer to the call? F G An injury to one is still an injury to all

Chorus

F G C Am Any time that working people start to get ahead F G C First they take our roses then they try to steal our bread F G C Am But I can tell you any time I questioned right from wrong F G C The union made me strong.

Outro

C F G C Am Yeah any time that working people start to get ahead F G C First they take our roses then they try to steal our bread F G C Am But I can tell you any time I questioned right from wrong F G

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C Solidarity forever-- F G C The union made me strong.