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Automation Song


A F#m E A Oh, I laid down your railroads, every mile of track, F#m E A A7 With the muscles on my arm and the sweat upon my back, D A D A And now the trains are rolling, they roll to every shore; D A B7 E You tell me that my job is through, there ain't no work no more. A F#m E A Though I laid down your highways, all across the land, F#m E A A7 With the ringing of the steel and the power of my hands, D A D A And now the roads are there like ribbons in the sky; D A B7 E You tell me that my job is through but still I wonder why. F#m C#m For the wages were low and the hours were long F#m E And the labor was all I could bear. F#m C#m Now you've got new machines for to take my place, Bm E And you tell me it's not mine to share. A F#m E A Though I laid down your factories and laid down your fields F#m E A A7 With my feet on the ground and my back to your wheels. D A D A And now the smoke is rising, the steel is all aglow, D A E A E I'm walking down a jobless road and where am I to go? F#m C#m For the wages were low and the hours were long F#m E And the labor was all I could bear. F#m C#m Now you've got new machines for to take my place, Bm E And you tell me it's not mine to share. A F#m E A Though I laid down your factories and laid down your fields F#m E A A7 With my feet on the ground and my back to your wheels. D A D A And now the smoke is rising, the steel is all aglow, D A E F#m I'm walking down a jobless road and where am I to go? Bm E A Tell me, where am I to go?

(Words and music by Phil Ochs, 1963)


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