Bread And Roses

[Verso 1] A D E As we go marching marching in the beauty of the day, A B7 E7 A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray, A D E7 Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses, A F#m D E A For the people hear us singing: "Bread and roses! Bread and roses!" [Verso 2] A D E As we go marching, marching, we fight for children too, A B7 E7 For they are watching, learning, and they'll make the world anew. A D E7 Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes; A F#m D E A Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread but give us roses! [Verso 3] A D E As we go marching, marching, unnumbered women dead A B7 E7 Go crying through our singing their ancient call for bread. A D E7 Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew. A F#m D E A Yes, it is bread we fight for - but we fight for roses, too! [Verso 4] A D E As we go marching, marching, together we stand tall. A B7 E7 The rising of the women means the rising of us all. A D E7 No more the drudge and idler - ten that toil where one reposes, A F#m D E A But a sharing of life's glories - Bread and roses! Bread and roses!