Verse 1
[C] [F] [C]
Bob sang “Get up stand up, stand up for your rights”
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [G]
Bragg sang for the unions, for the workers to unite
[C] [F] [C]
And “The Times They Are A-Changin”, so “Take it from Dr. King”
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [C]
“I Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City” until every voice can sing
Chorus
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Climb in your rocket ship and fly off to Mars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Take all your money and buy all the stars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
But we ain't for sale like one of your cars
[F] [Csus] [C] [G] [C]
And the Northern Star, that one's ours
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Verse 2
[C] [F] [C]
“This machine kills fascists” like Woody wrote so well
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [G]
Joe sang “Guns of Brixton”, “Spanish Bombs” & “Straight to Hell”
[C] [F] [C]
“Black Boys on Mopeds” Sinead stood and fought
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [C]
Joni cried when they “paved paradise and put up a parking lot”
Chorus
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Climb in your rocket ship and fly off to Mars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Take all your money and buy all the stars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
But we ain't for sale like one of your cars
[F] [Csus] [C] [G] [C]
And the Northern Star, that one's ours
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Bridge
[F] [G] [C] [G/B] [Am] [G]
When the world is lost and your rights are wronged
[F] [G] [C] [G/B] [Am] [G]
Sing me a protest song
[F] [G] [C] [G/B] [Am] [G]
Go on, throw me a rope under Northern Lights & some words of hope
[F] [Am] [G]
‘Cause when the singer’s gone the song echoes on
Verse 3
[C] [F] [C]
Johnny played Folsom prison, Lennon sang “Attica State”
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [G]
Baez sung “We Shall Overcome” & crush all seeds of hate
[C] [F] [C]
Chuck D sang “Fight The Power”, and Chapman “Born to Fight”
[C] [G/B] [Am] [C/G] [F] [C]
“If I Had a Rocket Launcher” like Cockburn felt that night
Chorus
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Climb in your rocket ship and fly off to Mars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
Take all your money and buy all the stars
[Am] [Am/G#] [Am/G] [Am/F#]
But we ain't for sale like one of your cars
[F] [Csus] [C] [G] [C]
And the Northern Star, that one's ours
[F] [Csus] [C] [G] [C]
And the Northern Star, that one's ours
Riff
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