WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Menzingers - To Have And To Have Not Chords | Ver. 1
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