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The Menzingers - To Have And To Have Not Chords

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To Have And To Have Not Chords

(ver. 1)
The Menzingers
This is The Menzinger's acoustic cover of the Billy Bragg song 'To Have and To Have Not'. 

Intro: G, Cadd9, Em (Quick change) D, G, Cadd9, Em, (Quick change)

Verse 1:
G       Cadd9       G
Up in the morning and out to school
Em D        G
Mother says there'll be no work next year
G        Cadd9                 G
Qualifications once the golden rule
Em D            G
Are now just pieces of paper

Chorus 1:
G                   Cadd9       G
Just because youre better than me
Em  D               G 
Doesnt mean I’m lazy
G     Cadd9             G
Just because youre going forwards
Em D             G 
Doesnt mean Im going backwards

Interlude: Em, Asus2, Em, Dsus2 (x2)

Verse 2: 
G               Em               G
The factories are closing and the armys full -
Em D                      G
I dont know what Im going to do
G                     Em                 G
But Ive come to see in the land of the free
Em     D              G
Theres only a future for the chosen few

Chorus: 
G             Asus4                 Cadd9
Just because youre better than me
Em D             G
Doesn’t mean I’m lazy
G     Cadd9             G
Just because youre going forwards
Em D             G 
Doesnt mean Im going backwards

Interlude: Em, Asus2, Em, Dsus2 (x2)

Verse 3: 
G             Cadd9      G
If you look the part you’ll get the job
Em D                      G
In last years trousers and your old school shoes
G             Asus4       Cadd9          G
The truth is son, its a buyers market
Em D                 G
They can afford to pick and choose

Chorus 2: 
G        Cadd9       G
Just because youre better than me
Em D      G
Doesnt mean I’m lazy
G        Cadd9            G
Just because I dress like this, 
Em D                G
Doesnt mean Im a communist. 

Interlude: Em, Asus2, Em, Dsus2 (x2)

Verse 3: (One Strum and dead strumming)
G                 Cadd9           Em
At twenty one youre on to of the scr*pheap
Em                                       Dsus4
At sixteen you were top of the class
Asus4                     Cadd9
All they taught you at school
Em
Was how to be a good worker
Dsus4                                     G
The system has failed you, dont fail yourself

Chorus 1:
G                   Cadd9       G
Just because youre better than me
Em  D               G 
Doesnt mean Im lazy
G     Cadd9             G
Just because youre going forwards
Em D             G 
Doesnt mean Im going backwards
            
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