Tonart: F major
Intro 1
D
G
D
Verse 1
A
D
Oh, who are you singing for,
A
in the cool evening sun?
G
For the poor working man
F#m
G
toiling hard the day long
D
G
D
A
D
Just to go back to work for low wages
Oh, who are you singing for,
Bm
G
my pretty one?
A
in the cool evening sun?
G
I sing for the rich man
F#m
who beats on the door
G
F#m
G
To take all the spoils of the labouring poor
D
G
D
A
And to see that they rise to his calling
D
For who are you singing for,
Bm
G
my pretty one?
A
in the cool evening sun?
F#m
who fights selflessly
G
For rich or for poor and
F#m
G
their right to be
D
For the safety and good
A
D
G
of the people
D
Oh, who are you singing for,
A
in the cool evening sun?
G
F#m
G
I sing for the taxpayer, paying his due
For the soldier, the rich man,
F#m
G
the labourer, too
In support of this land,
F#m
from his own revenue
G
D
G
D
A
D
For the good and respect of his people
G
Oh, who are you singing for, my brave one?
A
in the cool evening sun?
G
F#m
G
I sing for the wanderer sat on a stone
Who rests for all four,
F#m
G
though he travels alone
F#m
Without envy for status or wealth
D
Just to go unencumbered
G
D
A
D
and carefree
Oh, who are you singing for,
A
in the cool evening sun?
G
I sing for the drunkard
F#m
G
who raises his glass
To the soldier and labouring
F#m
G
man as they pass
To the wanderer taxpayer
G
To the rich man he raises a
F#m
G
glass of champagne
D
G
D
A
That the rich man politely re fuses
D
G
D
A
D
Oh, who are you singing for,
A
in the cool evening sun?
F#m
G
who tenders to each
None of their pockets are
F#m
G
out of his reach
Devising the reasons to
F#m
G
take even more
F#m
G
Quietly cursing the destitute
D
G
D
A
D
For his limited meager resources
Oh, who are you singing for,
A
in the cool evening sun?
F#m
G
who misleads all seven
Who charges till twelve,
F#m
G
though he works till eleven
Who confounds,
F#m
protracts and confuses the law
G
So in all legal conscience
F#m
G
can charge even more
D
G
And fleece all participant
D
A
F#m
D
parties
For who are you singing for,
A
in the cool evening sun?
F#m
G
whose studies there is
F#m
G
Whose doses are almost as high as his bills
He fixes the figures
F#m
G
while fixing the arms
D
Of his careless and neg
G
D
A
D
li gent patients
Oh, who are you singing for,
A
in the cool evening sun?
G
For the slow undertaker
D
F#m
G
who buries all night
His hand on his heart
F#m
G
and his eye on the time
Who keeps a cool distance
F#m
worthy of respect
G
For each soul's lifeless vessel
D
F#m
G
at last to collect
D
A
D
And consign to a place in God's keeping
G
D
A
D
Oh, who are you singing for,
A
in the cool evening sun
G
For the dark politician
F#m
G
who happily thrives
On the stresses and tensions
F#m
G
and strains of their lives
Whose art is in lying,
F#m
G
whose craft is in spin
Who could turn history's course
F#m
G
on one end of the pin
D
G
D
A
D
While touring first blood with the other
Oh, who are you singing for,
Em
F#m
my pretty one?
A
in the cool evening sun?
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