Tonart: E major
Verse 1
D
G
D
Traveled seven hundred miles
G
D
Crossed the border to the States
G
D
With a plastic bottle running
G
D
Cross the desert in a shake
Verse 2
G
F
G
Come to English only country
F
G
C
Hidin' from the minutemen
G
D
C
G
Come to make this place my home
D
Dm
G
Run a long, long way from then
Verse 3
A
G
C
G
Story of a lifetime for
Dm
D
the minimum wage
Verse 4
D
Well, they chased me through the desert
Then the agents strapped me down
Then they ask me why in Spanish
Why you keep on comin' back?
Verse 5
G
When I left my dad in Jersey
And my sister in Des Moines
in this country
Verse 6
Pickin' lettuce, washing floors
A
G
Story of a lifetime for the minim
Dm
D
Dm
D
um wage
Verse 7
D
Dm
D
Well, they raised me to eight dollars
'Cause I washed the dishes fast
Dm
G
Well, the boss, he got me workin'
D
On the porch and in the back
Verse 8
G
Then I wash the dish and rinse it
Then I go home late and sleep
Dm
D
Well, I need to be awake now
Dm
'Cause I walk out in my sleep
Verse 9
A
I see that black van comin'
G
Then I know I'm sure to run
Dm
D
Goddamn them agents caught me
Cuffed me on the spot
Verse 10
Interlude 1
D
Dm
D
G
D
Dm
D
A
G
D
Verse 11
Eb
Ebm
Eb
No one forced the boss to hire me
But it's nearly been fifteen
When I left my baby cryin'
With a promise in my skin
Verse 12
I recite a native poem
Ebm
Eb
Million hands, ten thousand years
It's the season for the crop
Verse 13
Eb
Bb
It's my people doin' the pickin'
Ab
In the valley of the dolls
Ebm
Eb
It's a decent job to work at
Ebm
Eb
Any day I'll take this job
Verse 14
Eb
Ethiopian, Colombian, Pakistani, Cantonese
Ebm
Eb
Every man that I run into
Ebm
All the kitchens on the strip
Ab
And they're pluggin' in them hours
Verse 15
Smilin' in their dreams
Ab
Ebm
Eb
They´re a long, long way from home now
But they lookin' to be free
Bb
Ab
California, Alabama and Missouri,
Oregon
Ebm
They been workin' like
Ab
Eb
their fathers were
Ebm
Eb
Ebm
A long, long time ago
Verse 16
Gb
Ab
the minimum wage
Ebm
Ab
For the minimum wage
Ebm
Eb
Ebm
For, for, for, for the minimum wage
Verse 17
Bb
Bbm
Ebm
It's a bumpy road to ride in
Ab
But I'll take it anytime
Bbm
It's a bumpy road to take
Ab
But I'll take it day
Verse 18
Bbm
Bb
It's a bumpy road to take
Ab
Ebm
But I'll take it anytime
For the minimum wage
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