Solidarity Forever

verse 1: G When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run, C G D7 There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun; G B7 Em Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, Am D7 G But the union makes us strong. [Refrão] G Solidarity forever, C G Solidarity forever, G B7 Em Solidarity forever, Am D7 G For the union makes us strong. verse 2: G Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite, C G D7 Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might? G B7 Em Is there anything left to us but to organize and ?ght? Am D7 G For the union makes us strong. verse 3: G It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade; C G D7 Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid; G B7 Em Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made; Am D7 G But the union makes us strong. verse 4: G All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone. C G D7 We have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stone. G B7 Em It is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own. Am D7 G While the union makes us strong. Verse 5: G They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn, C G D7 But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn. G B7 Em We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn Am D7 G That the union makes us strong. Verse 6: G In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold, C G D7 Greater than the might of armies, magni?ed a thousand-fold. G B7 Em We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old Am D7 G For the union makes us strong.