WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | The Menzingers - To Have And To Have Not Ukulele | Ver. 1
This is The Menzinger's acoustic cover of the Billy Bragg song 'To Have and To Have Not'.
Intro: C, Fadd9, Am (Quick change) G, C, Fadd9, Am, (Quick change)
Verse 1:
C Fadd9 C
Up in the morning and out to school
Am G C
Mother says there'll be no work next year
C Fadd9 C
Qualifications once the golden rule
Am G C
Are now just pieces of paper
Chorus 1:
C Fadd9 C
Just because youre better than me
Am G C
Doesnt mean I'm lazy
C Fadd9 C
Just because youre going forwards
Am G C
Doesnt mean Im going backwards
Interlude: Am, Gsus2, Am, Gsus2 (x2)
Verse 2:
C Am C
The factories are closing and the armys full -
Am G C
I dont know what Im going to do
C Am C
But Ive come to see in the land of the free
Am G C
Theres only a future for the chosen few
Chorus:
C Gsus4 Fadd9
Just because youre better than me
Am G C
Doesn't mean I'm lazy
C Fadd9 C
Just because youre going forwards
Am G C
Doesnt mean Im going backwards
Interlude: Am, Gsus2, Am, Gsus2 (x2)
Verse 3:
C Fadd9 C
If you look the part you'll get the job
Am G C
In last years trousers and your old school shoes
C Gsus4 Fadd9 C
The truth is son, its a buyers market
Am G C
They can afford to pick and choose
Chorus 2:
C Fadd9 C
Just because youre better than me
Am G C
Doesnt mean I'm lazy
C Fadd9 C
Just because I dress like this,
Am G C
Doesnt mean Im a communist.
Interlude: Am, Gsus2, Am, Gsus2 (x2)
Verse 3: (One Strum and dead strumming)
C Fadd9 Am
At twenty one youre on to of the scr*pheap
Am Gsus4
At sixteen you were top of the class
Gsus4 Fadd9
All they taught you at school
Am
Was how to be a good worker
Gsus4 C
The system has failed you, dont fail yourself
Chorus 1:
C Fadd9 C
Just because youre better than me
Am G C
Doesnt mean Im lazy
C Fadd9 C
Just because youre going forwards
Am G C
Doesnt mean Im going backwards
