Billy Bragg - Never cross a picket line

^GFive hundred men sacked for refusing ^Cto ever cross^D a pick^Get line^{D G}The voices ^Emdown the ^Gages warning ^CNever cross a ^Dpicket ^Emline! ^Cyou must never cross a ^Dpicket ^Gline! ^{C G C D Em C G}

^GTwo years gone by but still they never ^Cever cross a ^Dpicket ^Gline ^{D G}With their ^Emwives and^G children they stand together ^CNever cross a ^Dpicket ^Emline! ^Cyou must never cross a ^Dpicket ^Gline!

^GLook away, look away ^Glook away out w^Cest to S^Gan Francisco

^Glook away down ^Csouth to ^GSydney Harbour ^Cwhere the ^Ddockers have ^Emorganised ^Cthe world's longest pic^Dket lin^Ge

^GTechnically this is an illegal strike ^CNever cross a^D picket ^Gline! ^GBut technically workers have no rights ^CNever cross a ^Dpicket ^Emline! ^CYou must never cross a ^Dpicket ^Gline! ^{C G C Em C G}

^GOh, I want to live in a brand new Britain ^CNever cross a^D picket ^Gline! ^GWhere workers rights are enshrined and written ^CNever cross a ^Dpicket ^Emline! ^CYou must never cross a ^Dpicket ^Gline!

^GLook away, look away ^GLook away out ^Dwest to ^GSan Diego ^GLook away, look away ^GLook away out ^Deast to ^Gfar Osaka ^Cwhere the ^Ddockers have ^Emorganised ^Cthe world's longest pic^Dket lin^Ge

^GThe Tories are gone but there's no improvement ^CNever cross a^D picket ^Gline! ^GNow where is the might of the Labour movement ^CNever cross a ^Dpicket ^Emline! ^CYou must never cross a ^Dpicket ^Gline! ^{C D G C D Em C D G}

^GLook away, look away, ^GLook away down south to Auckland City ^GLook away, look away ^GLook away out west to old Vancouver ^Cwhere the ^Ddockers have ^Emorganised ^Cthe world's longest pic^Dket lin^Ge

^CWhere the ^Ddockers have ^Emrealised: ^CYou must never cross a ^Dpicket ^Gline!