Which Side Are You On chords by Billy Bragg

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
(Hammer on into each of these chords)
Em D Em x3

C

Em


Verse 1:
Em              D      Em
This government had an idea
    C                  Em
And parliament made it law
Em              D      Em
It seems like it's illegal
   C                   Em
To fight for the union any more

Chorus:
Em              D      Em
Which side are you on, boys?
C                  Em
Which side are you on?
Em              D      Em
Which side are you on, boys?
C                  Em
Which side are you on?

Em


Verse 2:
Em              D      Em
We set out to join the picket line
    C                  Em
For together we cannot fail
   Em              D      Em
We got stopped by police at the county line
           C                  Em
They said, "Go home boys or you're going to jail"


Chorus:
Em              D      Em
Which side are you on, boys?
C                  Em
Which side are you on?
Em              D      Em
Which side are you on, boys?
C                  Em
Which side are you on?

Em

Verse 3:
Em              D      Em
It's hard to explain to a crying child
    C                  Em
Why her Daddy can't go back
Em              D      Em
So the family suffer but it hurts me more
    C                  Em
To hear a scab say Sod you, Jack


Chorus:
Em              D      Em
Which side are you on, boys?
C                  Em
Which side are you on?
Em              D      Em
Which side are you on, boys?
C                  Em
Which side are you on?

Em


Verse 4:
Em              D      Em
I'm bound to follow my conscience
    C            Em
And do whatever I can
Em              D      Em
But it'll take much more than the union law
    C               Em
To knock the fight out of a working man


Chorus:
Em              D      Em
Which side are you on, boys?
C                  Em
Which side are you on?
Em              D      Em
Which side are you on, boys?
C                  Em
Which side are you on?