There Is Power In A Union

Billy Bragg

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There is Power in a Union - Billy Bragg From the album “Talking with the Taxman About Poetry” - 1986 Based on the melody of the song “Battle Cry of Freedom” The intro riff has been simplified. It doesn’t match exactly what Billy Bragg plays but it is what I like to play [CHORDS] EADGBe GM7/F# 220033 [INTRO Riff] e:-----|----------------|------12---------|--------------|--------------| B:-O-1-|-3--3--1-0------|------13-----O-1-|-3--3--1-0--0-|-0--------0-1-| G:-O-0-|-0--0--0-0--2-0-|-------------O-0-|-0--0--0-0--0-|-0-2------0-0-| D:-----|------------0-0-|-2-2-------------|--------------|---0----------| A:-----|----------------|-3-3-------------|--------------|--------------| :-----|----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------| B:|-3--3--1-0------|-----------------|--------0-0-|--------|| G:|-0--0--0-0--2-0-|-----------------|-0----2-0-0-|-2-0----|| D:|------------0-0-|-2-2-2-----------|-0----0-----|-0-0----|| A:|----------------|-3-3-3-----------|------------|---2----|| :|----------------|-----------------|------------|--------|| [VERSE] There is power in a factory power in the land Power in the hand of the worker But it all amounts to nothing if together we don’t stand There is power in a Union [VERSE] Now the lessons of the past were all learned with workers blood The mistakes of the bosses we must pay for From the cities and the farmlands to trenches full of mud War has always been the bosses way sir [CHORUS] The Union forever defending our rights Down with the blackleg all workers unite With our brothers and our sisters from many far-off lands There is power in a Union [VERSE] Now I long for the morning that they realize Brutality and unjust laws cannot defeat us But who’ll defend the workers who cannot organize? When the bosses send their lackeys out to cheat us? [CHORUS] Money speaks for money the Devil for his own Who comes to speak for the skin and the bone? What a comfort to the widow a light to the child There is power in a Union [SOLO] - over Chorus Chords [CHORUS] The Union forever defending our rights Down with the blackleg all workers unite With our brothers and our sisters together we will stand There is power in a Union

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Cette chanson évoque la force qui réside dans l'unité des travailleurs. Elle souligne que, même si les ouvriers possèdent un pouvoir considérable, cela ne signifie rien sans solidarité. Les leçons du passé, souvent apprises à travers la souffrance, montrent que les abus des patrons doivent être combattus collectivement. Le texte remet en question l'injustice et appelle à la résistance contre la brutalité des systèmes qui cherchent à diviser les travailleurs. En somme, il invite à l'union pour défendre les droits de chacun, rappelant que la véritable force vient d'une communauté soudée dans la lutte.

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