The Menzingers - To have and to have not
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This is The Menzinger's acoustic cover of the Billy Bragg song 'To Have and To Have Not'.
Intro: C, Fadd9, Am (Quick change) G, C, Fadd9, Am, (Quick change)
Verse 1:
CUp in thFadd9e morning anCd out to school
AmMotGher says Cthere'll be no work next year
CQualificaFadd9tions once the golden Crule
AmAreG now just pieCces of paper
Chorus 1:
CJust because youre bFadd9etter than mCe
AmDoesGnt mean I’m laCzy
CJust bFadd9ecause youre goingC forwards
AmDoeGsnt mean Im goCing backwards
Interlude: Am, Gsus2, Am, Gsus2 (x2)
Verse 2:
CThe factories arAme closing and theC armys full -
AmI dGont know what Im going Cto do
CBut Ive come to see inAm the land of the frCee
AmTheres Gonly a future fCor the chosen few
Chorus:
CJust because yGsus4oure better than me Fadd9
AmDoeGsn’t mean I?C??m lazy
CJust bFadd9ecause youre goingC forwards
AmDoeGsnt mean Im goCing backwards
Interlude: Am, Gsus2, Am, Gsus2 (x2)
Verse 3:
CIf you look thFadd9e part you?C??ll get the job
AmIn Glast years trousers andC your old school shoes
CThe truth is sGsus4on, its a buFadd9yers market C
AmTheGy can afford to piCck and choose
Chorus 2:
CJust becaFadd9use youre beCtter than me
AmDoeGsnt meaCn I’m lazy
CJust becaFadd9use I dress like Cthis,
AmDoeGsnt mean Im a comCmunist.
Interlude: Am, Gsus2, Am, Gsus2 (x2)
Verse 3: (One Strum and dead strumming)
CAt twenty one yourFadd9e on to of the sAmcrapheap
AmAt sixteen you were top of the class Gsus4
Gsus4All they taught you at schFadd9ool
AmWas how to be a good worker
Gsus4The system has failed you, dont fail yoursCelf
Chorus 1:
CJust because youre bFadd9etter than mCe
AmDoesGnt mean Im lazy C
CJust bFadd9ecause youre goingC forwards
AmDoeGsnt mean Im goCing backwards
Ultimate-Guitar doesnt like apostrophes apparently.