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Come you ranks of labor, come you union core, |
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And see if you remember the struggles of before, |
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When you were standing helpless on the outside of the door |
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And you started building links on the Chain. |
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On the Chain, you started building links on the Chain. |
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When the police on the horses were waitin' on demand, |
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ridin' through the strike with the pistols in their hands, |
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Swingin' at the skulls of many a union man, |
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As you built one more link on the chain, on the chain, |
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As you built one more link on the chain. |
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Then the army of the fascists tried to put you on the run, |
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but the army of the union, they did what could be done, |
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Oh, the power of the factory was greater than the gun, |
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As you built one more link on the chain, on the chain, |
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As you built one more link on the chain. |
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And then in 1954, decisions finally made, |
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The black man was a-risin' fast and racin' from the shade, |
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And your union took no stand and your union was betrayed, |
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As you lost yourself a link on the chain, on the chain, |
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As you lost yourslef a link on the chain. |
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And then there came the boycotts and then the freedom rides, |
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And forgetting what you stood for, you tried to block the tide, |
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Oh, the automation bosses werre laughin' on the side, |
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As they watched you lose your link on the chain, on the chain, |
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As they watched you lose your link on the chain. |
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You know when they block your trucks boys, by layin' on the road, |
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All that they are doin' is all that you have showed, |
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That you gotta strike, you gotta fight to get what you are owed, |
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When you're building all your links on the chain, on the chain, |
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When you're building all your links on the chain. |
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Amd the man who tries to tell you that they'll take your job away, |
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He's the same man who was scabbin' hard just the other day, |
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And your union's not a union till he's thrown out of the way, |
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And he's chokin' on your links of the chain, of the chain, |
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And he's chokin' on your links of the chain. |
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For now the times are tellin' you the times are rollin' on, |
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And you're fighting for the same thing, the jobs that will be gone, |
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Now it's only fair to ask you boys, which side are you on? |
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As you're buildin' all your links on the chain, on the chain, |
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As you're buildin' all your links on the chain |
