To Have And To Have Not Cifras

“To Have and To Have Not” – Billy Bragg
 
[Intro]
G C G Em D G
G C G Em D G
 
[Verse 1]
G                     C      G
Up in the morning and out to school
Em                         D         G
Mother says there’ll be no work next year
G                       C      G
Qualifications once the golden rule
Em                     D G
Are now just pieces of paper
 
[Chorus]
G                   C           G
Just because you’re better than me
Em               D G
Doesn’t mean I’m lazy
G                   C     G
Just because you’re going forwards
Em               D     G
Doesn’t mean I’m going backwards
 
[Post-Chorus]
G C G Em D G
G C G Em D G
 
[Verse 2]
       G                    C       G
If you look the part you’ll get the job
   Em                            D          G
In last year’s trousers and your old school shoes
    G                     C       G
The truth is, son, it’s a buyer’s market
Em                 D        G
They can afford to pick and choose
 
[Chorus]
G                   C           G
Just because you’re better than me
Em               D G
Doesn’t mean I’m lazy
G              C          G
Just because I dress like this
Em                 D    G
Doesn’t mean I’m a communist
 
[Post-Chorus]
G C G Em D G
G C G Em D G
 
[Verse 3]
    G                             C      G
The factories are closin’ and the army’s full
Em                    D        G
I don’t know what I’m going to do
         G                  C           G
But I’ve come to see in the land of the free
        Em                    D      G
There’s only a future for the chosen few
 
[Chorus]
G                   C           G
Just because you’re better than me
Em               D G
Doesn’t mean I’m lazy
G                   C     G
Just because you’re going forwards
Em               D     G
Doesn’t mean I’m going backwards
 
[Post-Chorus]
G C G Em D G
G C G Em D G
 
[Verse 4]
   G            C          G
At 21 you’re on top of the scrap heap
   Em          D           G
At 16 you were top of your class
         G                               C         G
All they taught you at school was how to be a good worker
     Em                        D        G
This system’s failed you don’t fail yourself
 
[Chorus]
G                   C           G
Just because you’re better than me
Em               D G
Doesn’t mean I’m lazy
G                   C     G
Just because you’re going forwards
Em               D     G
Doesn’t mean I’m going backwards
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