Billy Bragg - There is power in a union

^GThere is power in a factory, p^Cower in the land ^GPower in the hand of the w^Dorker ^GBut it all amounts to nothing if to^Cgether we don't stand T^Ghere is power in a ^DUnio^Gn

^GNow the lessons of the past were all ^Clearned with workers blood ^GThe mistakes of the bosses we must ^Dpay for ^GFrom the cities and the farmlands to ^Ctrenches full of mud ^GWar has always been the bosses wa^Dy, ^Gsir

^GThe Union forever defending our rights Down with the blackleg, all ^Dworkers unite ^GWith our brothers and our sisters from ^Cmany far-off lands ^GThere is power in a ^DUnio^Gn

^GNow I long for the morning that th^Cey realise ^GBrutality and unjust laws cannot def^Deat us ^GBut who'll defend the workers who ca^Cnnot organise ^GWhen the bosses send there lackeys out to ^Dcheat ^Gus?

^GMoney speaks for money, the Devil for his own Who comes to speak for the s^Dkin and the bone? ^GWhat a comfort to the widow, a li^Cght to the child ^GThere is power in a ^DUni^Gon

^GThe Union forever defending our rights Down with the blackleg, all ^Dworkers unite ^GWith our brothers and our sisters from m^Cany far-off lands ^GThere is power in a^D Uni^Gon