G B7 Em So you tell me that your last good dollar is goneA D G And you say that your pockets are bareG B7 Em And you tell me that your clothes are tattered and tornA A7 D And nobody seems to careB7 Em Now don't tell me your troublesA A7 D No, I don't have the time to spareG B7 Em But if you want to get together and fightA D G Good buddy that's what I want to hear [Verse]G B7 Em And you tell me that your job was taken awayA D G By a big ol' greasy machineG B7 Em And you tell me that you don't collect no more payA A7 D And your belly is growing leanB7 Em Now if I had the jobs to giveA A7 D You know I'd give them all awayG B7 Em But don't waste your breath calling out my nameA D G If you don't have nothing to sayG B7 Em And you tell me that you don't have nothing to doA D G And you keep on wasting your timeG B7 Em And you say when you want to get your family some foodA A7 D You gotta stand in a relief lineB7 Em Now it's a sin and a bloody shameA A7 D 'Bout the way they're pushing you 'roundG B7 Em But when you decide not to take no moreA D G You know I'll put my money downG B7 Em 'Cause I've seen your kind many times beforeA D G And I'll see 'em many times againG B7 Em Oh, but every bad thing that's happened to youA A7 D Has happened to better menB7 Em So don't explain that you've lost your wayA A7 D That you've got no place to goG B7 Em You've got a hand and a voice and you're not aloneA D G Brother that's all you need to knowG B7 Em And if you're still wondering what I'm trying to sayA D G Let me tell you what it's all aboutG B7 Em Now nobody listens to a single manA A7 D When he's walkin' 'round down and outB7 Em So if you're looking for an answerA A7 D He's standing there by your sideG B7 Em And you'll never really know how far you'll goA D G 'Til you join together and try [Chorus]G B7 Em So you tell me that your last good dollar is goneA D G And you say that your pockets are bareG B7 Em And you tell me that your clothes are tattered and tornA A7 D And nobody seems to careB7 Em Now don't tell me your troublesA A7 D No, I don't have the time to spareG B7 Em But if you want to get together and fightA D G Good buddy that's what I want to hear
Thats What I Want To Hear
Phil Ochs
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