Song Name: | Bread and Roses | By: | James Oppenheim |
Posted By: | Logistics | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | Any | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2018-05-02 19:02:00 | Modified: | 2018-05-02 19:00:32 |
Song: | Lyrics from a poem by James Oppenheim. Set to music & covered by various artists. Popular labor union song. Featured in the film "Pride"
4 5 -5 6 5 -6 6 As we go mar- ching, mar- ching, 5 5 -6 6 -5 5 -4 In the beau- ty of the day, 4 5 -5 6 5 -6 6 A mi- llion dark- ened kit- chens 7 -7 -7 -6 -5 6 A thou- sand mill- lofts gray 8 8 -8 7 6 -6 5 Are touched with all the ra- diance 4 4 -5 5 -4 4 5 -4 That a su- dden sun disc- clo- ses, 6 6 8 -8 7 6 -6 5 For the peo- ple hear us sin- ging, 4 5 -5 5 Bread and ro- ses, -4 4 -4... 4... Bread and ro- ses.
4 5 -5 6 5 -6 6 As we go mar- ching, mar- ching, -5 -6 6 -5 5 -4 We ba- ttle too for men, 4 5 -5 6 5 -6 6 For they are wo- men's chil- dren, 4 7 -7 -6 6 -5 6 And we mo- ther them a- gain! 8 8 -8 7 6 -6 5 Our lives shall not be swea- ted, 4 -5 5 -4 4 5 -4 From birth un- til life clo- ses, 7 7 -6 6 5 -4 4 Hearts starve as well as bo- dies, 4 5 -5 5 Give us bread but, -4 4 -4 4 Give us ro- ses.
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