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Part Of The Union          Strawbs           John Ford / Richard Hudson

Intro:   pick a C then  F / / /

FF Piano Chord 

Now I'm a union man,
GmGm Piano Chord 

Amazed at what I am
BbBb Piano Chord 
           FF Piano Chord 
                BbBb Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 

I say what I think - that the company stinks
CC Piano Chord 
     BbBb Piano Chord 
    FF Piano Chord 

Yes, I'm a union man.

FF Piano Chord 

When we meet at the local hall
GmGm Piano Chord 

I'll be voting with them all
BbBb Piano Chord 
               FF Piano Chord 
           BbBb Piano Chord 
           FF Piano Chord 

With a hell of a shout it's "out brothers out"
CC Piano Chord 
          BbBb Piano Chord 
        FF Piano Chord 

And the rise of the factory's fall

Chorus:

CC Piano Chord 
           FF Piano Chord 
         /      /           /
Ohhhh, you don't get me I'm part of the union
CC Piano Chord 
         /       FF Piano Chord 
          /
You don't get me I'm part of the union
FF Piano Chord 
         /      /           /
You don't get me I'm part of the union
BbBb Piano Chord 
       FF Piano Chord 
     BbBb Piano Chord 
    BbBb Piano Chord 
       CC Piano Chord 
     FF Piano Chord 

'Till the day I die, 'till the day I die

As a union man I'm wise,
To the lies of the company spies
And I don't get fooled by the factory rules
'Cause I always read between the lines.

And I always get my way
If I strike for higher pay
When I show my card to the Scotland Yard
This is what I say :

Chorus

Before the union did appear
My life was half as clear
Now I've got the power to the working hour
And every other day in the year.

So though I'm a working man
I can ruin the governments plan
Though I'm not too hard, the sight of my card
Makes me some kind of Superman.

Chorus and repeat

Note: Hudson & Ford did well a few years later with a band
called The Monks (Nice legs, shame about her face, Drugs in my
pocket)

- another ace 70s tab from Dave Turner & Tim Willett