Another one from Mr Billy Bragg - really easy to play on ukulele or any instrument really. Same pattern all the way through.
Chords for educational purposes only..
TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT
[G] [C] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[G] [C] [G][Em] [D] [G]
[G] Up in the morning and [C] out to [G] school
[Em] Mother says there'll be no [D] work next [G]year
[G] Qualifications once the [C] golden [G] rule
Are [Em] now just pieces of [D] paper [G]
[G] Just because your [C] better than [G] me
[Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] lazy [G]
[G] Just because you're [C] going [G] forwards
[Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] going [G] backwards
[G] [C] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[G] [C] [G][Em] [D] [G]
[G] If you look the part you'll [C] get the [G] job
[Em] last years trousers and your [D] old school [G] shoes
The [G] truth is son, it's a [C] buyers [G] market
[Em] They can afford to [D] pick and [G] choose
[G] Just because your [C] better than [G] me
[Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] lazy [G]
[G] Just because I [C] dress [G] like this
[Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] a [G] communist
[G] [C] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[G] [C] [G][Em] [D] [G]
[G] Factories are closing and the [C] army's [G] full
[Em] I don't know what I'm [D] going to [G] do
But I've [G] come to see in the [C] land of the [G] free
[Em] There's only a future for the [D] chosen [G] few
[G] Just because your [C] better than [G] me
[Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] lazy [G]
[G] Just because you're [C] going [G] forwards
[Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] going [G] backwards
[G] [C] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[G] [C] [G][Em] [D] [G]
[G] At twenty one you're on [C] top of the [G] scrap heap
[Em] At sixteen you were [D] top of your [G] class
[G] All they taught you at school was how to [C] be a good [G] worker
The [Em] system has failed you don't [D] fail your [G] self
[G] Just because your [C] better than [G] me
[Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] lazy [G]
[G] Just because you're [C] going [G] forwards
[Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] going [G] backwards
[G] [C] [G] [Em] [D] [G]
[G] [C] [G][Em] [D] [G]
© Barry Maz
