Minimum Wage Akkorde von 
Lila Downs 
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Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
A
E
Traveled seven hundred miles
A
E
Crossed the border to the States
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E
With a plastic bottle running
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E
Cross the desert in a shake
Verse 2
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G
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Come to English only coun try
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A
D
Hid in' from the minutemen
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E
D
A
Come to make this place my home
E
Em
A
Run a long, long way from then
Verse 3
B
A
D
A
Story of a lifetime for
Em
E
the min imum wage
Verse 4
E
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
A
When I left my dad in Jersey
And my sister in Des Moines
E
They've been work in'
in this country
Verse 6
Pickin' lettuce, washing floors
B
A
Story of a lifetime for the minim
Em
E
Em
E
um wage
Verse 7
E
Em
E
Well, they raised me to eight dollars
'Cause I washed the dishes fast
Em
A
Well, the boss, he got me workin'
E
On the porch and in the back
Verse 8
A
Then I wash the dish and rinse it
Then I go home late and sleep
Em
E
Well, I need to be awake now
Em
'Cause I walk out in my sleep
E
When
Verse 9
B
I see that black van comin'
A
Then I know I'm sure to run
Em
E
Goddamn them agents caught me
Cuffed me on the spot
Verse 10
E
For the minimum wage
Interlude 1
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Em
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A
E
Em
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B
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E
Verse 11
F
Fm
F
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
Fm
On
Verse 12
Bb
the outskirts of LA
I recite a native poem
Fm
F
Mil lion hands, ten thousand years
It's the season for the crop
Verse 13
F
C
It's my people doin' the pickin'
Bb
In the valley of the dolls
Fm
F
It's a decent job to work at
Fm
F
Any day I'll take this job
Verse 14
F
Ethiopian, Colombian, Pakistani, Cantonese
Fm
F
Every man that I run into
Fm
All the kitchens on the strip
Bb
And they're pluggin' in them hours
Verse 15
Smilin' in their dreams
Bb
Fm
F
They´re a long, long way from home now
But they lookin' to be free
C
Bb
Californi a, Alabama an d Missouri,
Oregon
Fm
They been work in' like
Bb
F
their father s were
Fm
F
Fm
A long, long time ago
F
For the minimum
Verse 16
Fm
wage for
Ab
Bb
the minimum wage
Fm
Bb
For the minimum wage
Fm
F
Fm
For, for, for, for the minimum wage
Verse 17
C
Cm
Fm
It's a bumpy road to ride in
Bb
But I'll take it anytime
Cm
It's a bumpy road to take
Bb
But I'll take it day
Verse 18
Cm
C
It's a bumpy road to take
Bb
Fm
But I'll take it anytime
For the minimum wage
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