🎸 Union chords by Son Volt

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Novice

Son Volt - 'Union'
From the album UNION
Words and Music by Jay Farrar

Intro:
Em Am x2


Verse 1:
Em       G
Upstate versus downstate
D      Am
City versus county
Em      G
Rural versus urban
D       Am
Red versus the blue

Chorus:
         Em      Bm       Em   Am
He said national service will keep the Union together
         Em      Bm       Em
He said national service will keep the Union together


Verse 2:
Em         G
Privileged and the poor
   D       Am
Every class and every color
Em     G
Together in spirit
D          Am
Building blocks of a nation


Chorus:
         Em      Bm       Em   Am
He said national service will keep the Union together
         Em      Bm       Em
He said national service will keep the Union together


Instrumental Break:
Em G D Am x4


Chorus:
         Em      Bm       Em   Am
He said national service will keep the Union together
         Em      Bm       Em
He said national service will keep the Union together


Verse 3:
Em     G
A two-party system
D         Am
The donkey and the elephant
Em      G
Liberals and conservatives
   D          Am
Each fight for their own survival


Chorus:
         Em      Bm       Em   Am
He said national service will keep the Union together
         Em      Bm       Em
He said national service will keep the Union together


Instrumental Break:
Em G D Am x4

Chorus:
         Em      Bm       Em   Am
He said national service will keep the Union together
         Em      Bm       Em
He said national service will keep the Union together