Paint Er Red(Chords)

	        
Verse 1:

G                                  C             G 
Come with us, you workingmen, and join the rebel band; 
                                 A7             D7 
Come, you discontented ones, and give a helping hand, 
G                    C           G         C        G 
We march against the parasite to drive him from the land. 
D                       G 
With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 



                      C                  G 
Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
                    D 
Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
G                     C          G           B7 
We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
D              D7       G 
With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

Verse 2:

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In factory and field and mine we gather in our might, 
                                     A7              D7 
We're on the job and know the way to win the hardest fight, 
G              C          G               C             G 
For the beacon that shall guide us out of darkness into light, 
D                     G 
Is ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 



                      C                  G 
Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
                    D 
Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
G                     C          G           B7 
We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
D              D7       G 
With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

Verse 2:

G                                        C                  G 
Come on, you fellows, get in line; we'll fill the boss with fears; 
                                  A7                     D7 
Red's the color of our flag, it's stained with blood and tears- 
G              C      G            C                G 
We'll flout it in his ugly mug and ring our loudest cheers 
D                      G 
For ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

 

                      C                  G 
Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
                    D 
Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
G                     C          G           B7 
We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
D              D7       G 
With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

Verse 3:

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'Slaves' they call us 'working plugs,' inferior by birth, 
                                        A7                    D7 
But when we hit their pocketbooks we'll spoil their smiles or mirth- 
G                C     G             C                   G 
We'll stop their dirty dividends and drive them from the earth 
D                       G 
With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

 

                      C                  G 
Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
                    D 
Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
G                     C          G           B7 
We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
D              D7       G 
With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

Verse 4:

G                                         C       G 
We hate their rotten system more than any mortals do, 
                                   A7           D7 
Our aim is not to patch it up, but built it all anew, 
G              C        G                C             G 
And what we'll have for government, when finally we're through, 
D                     G 
Is ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! 

 

                      C                  G 
Hurrah! hurrah! we're going to paint 'er red! 
                    D 
Hurrah! hurrah! the way is clear ahead- 
G                     C          G           B7 
We're gaining shop democracy and liberty and bread 
D              D7       G 
With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION!