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Workers Song by Dropkick Murphys
Workers Song
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Intro - Guitar 1 (lead)
[riff 1] [riff 2]
e|-------| |---------------------------------------|
B|-------| |---------------------------------------|
G|-------| |-----------0-2-3---0-2-3---------------|
D|-------| |-----------------3-------3-0-----------|
A|-5-3-1-| |-1---1-1-1-------------------1-3-5-3-1-|
E|-------| |---------------------------------------|
Intro - Guitar 2 (rythm)
[at the same time with riff 2 above ^]
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8-------10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---8---10---8-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8---8----8-|
E|-6---------6-------6--------6-|
Verse - Both Guitars
[palm muted]
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8---10---10x10-|
D|-8-----8---8---8---10---10x10-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8----8-x8--|
E|-6---------6------------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8-------10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---8---10---8-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8---8----8-|
E|-6---------6-------6--------6-|
Main Riff - Guitar 1
[riff 1] [riff 2]
e|-------| |---------------------------------------|
B|-------| |---------------------------------------|
G|-------| |-----------0-2-3---0-2-3---------------|
D|-------| |-----------------3-------3-0-----------|
A|-5-3-1-| |-1---1-1-1-------------------1-3-5-3-1-|
E|-------| |---------------------------------------|
Main Riff - Guitar 2
[at the same time with riff 2 above ^]
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8-------10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---8---10---8-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8---8----8-|
E|-6---------6-------6--------6-|
Verse - Both Guitars
[palm muted]
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8---10---10x10-|
D|-8-----8---8---8---10---10x10-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8----8-x8--|
E|-6---------6------------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8-------10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---8---10---8-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8---8----8-|
E|-6---------6-------6--------6-|
Chorus - Both Guitars
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-------8-------8---10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---10-----|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8------|
E|-6---------6--------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8-------10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---8---10---8-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8---8----8-|
E|-6---------6-------6--------6-|
Chorus - Guitar 1
[is not 100% correct but close enough]
e|-------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13----13-----13-------|
B|---7-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-13b15----^15----13p11-|
G|-8------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------|
B|-11-9-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------------------|
G|---------------------------------10-12-------|
D|---------------------------11-12-------11-12-|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|-------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
B|-13b15-13p11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|-13-15----13-15----13-15----13-15----13-15----|
G|-------15-------15-------15-------15-------15-|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
Main Riff - Guitar 1
[riff 2]
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-----------0-2-3---0-2-3---------------|
D|-----------------3-------3-0-----------|
A|-1---1-1-1-------------------1-3-5-3-1-|
E|---------------------------------------|
Main Riff - Guitar 2
[at the same time with riff 2 above ^]
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8-------10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---8---10---8-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8---8----8-|
E|-6---------6-------6--------6-|
Post-Solo Chorus - Guitar 2
[low volume in backround]
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-------8-------8---10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---10-----|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8------|
E|-6---------6--------------|
Post-Solo Chorus - Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|---------------8x--10-----|
D|---------------8x--10-----|
A|---------------6x--8------|
E|--------------------------|
Post-Solo Chorus - Both Guitars
[palm muted]
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8-------10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---8---10---8-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8---8----8-|
E|-6---------6-------6--------6-|
Chorus - Both Guitars
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-------8-------8---10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---10-----|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8------|
E|-6---------6--------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-------8-------8-------10-----|
D|-8-----8---8---8---8---10---8-|
A|-8-----6---8---6---8---8----8-|
E|-6---------6-------6--------6-|
Final Verse Pt. 1 - Guitar 2
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-8-------------------------------|
A|-8-------------------------------|
E|-6-------------------------------|
Final Verse Pt. 1 - Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------0-2-3---0-2-3-3-5-5-7-5-|
D|-3-0-----------3-----------------|
A|-----3-1-------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
Final Verse Pt. 2 - Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-8---------------------------------8-|
A|-8---------------------------------8-|
E|-6---------------------------------6-|
Final Verse Pt. 2 - Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|---------0-2-3---0-2-3---------------|
D|-3-0-----------3-------3-0-----------|
A|-----3-1-------------------1-3-5-3-1-|
E|-------------------------------------|
End on
e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|-8-8x-|
A|-8-8x-|
E|-6-6x-|
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| ^ Pre bent note
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version 2
Intro:
Fill Bagpipe Intro
e---------|---------------3----6-----3----6-----------------|
B---------|--6---3----------4----6-----4----6--3-----3------|
G---------|---------5--3-------------------------3-5---5-3--|
D--0------|-------------------------------------------------|
A----3-1--|-------------------------------------------------|
E---------|-------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Bb* Eb* Bb*
Yeah, this one's for the workers who toil night and day
Eb* f*
By hand and by brain, to earn your pay
Bb* Eb* Bb*
For centuries long past for no more than your bread
Eb Bb f Bb
Have bled for your countries and counted your dead
Intro x1
Verse 2:
Bb* Eb* Bb*
In the factories and mills, in the shipyards and mines
Eb* f*
We've often been told to keep up with the times
Bb* Eb* Bb*
For our skills are not needed, they've streamlined the job
Eb Bb f Bb
And with slide rule and stopwatch, our pride they have robbed
Chorus: (with intro in the background)
Bb Eb Bb
We're the first ones to starve, we're the first ones to die
Eb f
The first ones in line for that pie in the sky
Bb Eb Bb
And we're always the last when the cream is shared out
Eb Bb f Bb
For the worker is working when the fat cat's about
Verse 3:
Bb* Eb* Bb*
And when the sky darkens and the prospect is war,
Eb* f*
Who's given the gun and then pushed to the fore (after this a Bb chord is
Bb* Eb* Bb* played up an octave)
And expected to die for the land of our birth
Eb* Bb* f* Bb*
Though we've never owned one lousy handful of earth
Chorus x1
Solo:
e------------11-11-11-11-11-11----------11---------------|
B-------9----11-11-11-11-11-11-13-13b15----13-11-13b-11--|
G--8-10--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------|
e----11-11-11-11-11-11----------------------11-11-11-11-11-11--|
B--9-11-11-11-11-11-11--------------------9-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
G-----------------------10--10-10--8-8-8-----------------------|
D------------------------8---8--8--8-8-8-----------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
e----11-11-11-11-11-11--13-13--------------13-13--------------|
B--9-11-11-11-11-11-11--13-13-11----11-10--13-13-11----11-10--|
G--------------------------------10-----------------10--------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro x1
Chorus x2
Outro Verse:
Bb~ Eb~ Bb~
And all of these things the worker has done
Eb~ f~
From tilling the fields to carrying the gun
Bb~ Eb~ Bb~
We've been yoked to the plow since time first began
Eb~ Bb~ f~ Bb
And always expected to carry the can
Bb-Bb
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