Biography:
Pete Seeger (May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer, political activist and author, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. He is particularly loved as the author (or co-author) of the songs Where Have All the Flowers Gone, If I Had a Hammer, and Turn, Turn, Turn. One of his brothers is Mike Seeger; Peggy Seeger is his half-sister.
As a member of The Weavers, Seeger had a string of hits, including a 1949 recording of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950.
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Other songs:
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
- Which Side Are You On?
- Banks Of Marble
- Bourgeois Blues
- Clap Your Hands
- From Way Up Here
- Gods Counting On Me Gods Counting On You
- Guantanamera
- If I Had A Hammer
- Joe Hill
- Keep Your Eyes On The Prize
- Little Boxes
- My Get Up And Go
- My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away
- My Rainbow Race
- Oh Had I A Golden Thread
- Old Time Religion Parody
- Oleanna
- Passing Through
- Raggedy
- Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
- Sailin Up Sailin Down
- Skip To My Lou
- Solidarity Forever
- The Battle Of New Orleans
- The Farmer Is The Man
- The Titanic
- The Water Is Wide
- This Old Car
- To My Old Brown Earth
- Turn Turn Turn
- Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
- Waiste Deep In The Big Muddy
- We Shall Overcome
- What Did You Learn In School Today
- When I First Came To This Land
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone
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Solidarity Forever by Pete Seeger
[Verse 1]
G
When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run,
C G D7
There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun;
G B7 Em
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one,
Am D7 G
But the union makes us strong.
[Chorus]
G
Solidarity forever,
C G
Solidarity forever,
G B7 Em
Solidarity forever,
Am D7 G
For the union makes us strong.
[Verse 2]
G
Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite,
C G D7
Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might?
G B7 Em
Is there anything left to us but to organize and ?ght?
Am D7 G
For the union makes us strong.
[Verse 3]
G
It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade;
C G D7
Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid;
G B7 Em
Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made;
Am D7 G
But the union makes us strong.
[Verse 4]
G
All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone.
C G D7
We have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stone.
G B7 Em
It is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own.
Am D7 G
While the union makes us strong.
[Verse 5]
G
They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn,
C G D7
But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn.
G B7 Em
We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn
Am D7 G
That the union makes us strong.
[Verse 6]
G
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold,
C G D7
Greater than the might of armies, magni?ed a thousand-fold.
G B7 Em
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old
Am D7 G
For the union makes us strong.
[Verse 1]
G
When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run,
C G D7
There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun;
G B7 Em
Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one,
Am D7 G
But the union makes us strong.
[Chorus]
G
Solidarity forever,
C G
Solidarity forever,
G B7 Em
Solidarity forever,
Am D7 G
For the union makes us strong.
[Verse 2]
G
Is there aught we hold in common with the greedy parasite,
C G D7
Who would lash us into serfdom and would crush us with his might?
G B7 Em
Is there anything left to us but to organize and ?ght?
Am D7 G
For the union makes us strong.
[Verse 3]
G
It is we who plowed the prairies; built the cities where they trade;
C G D7
Dug the mines and built the workshops, endless miles of railroad laid;
G B7 Em
Now we stand outcast and starving midst the wonders we have made;
Am D7 G
But the union makes us strong.
[Verse 4]
G
All the world that's owned by idle drones is ours and ours alone.
C G D7
We have laid the wide foundations; built it skyward stone by stone.
G B7 Em
It is ours, not to slave in, but to master and to own.
Am D7 G
While the union makes us strong.
[Verse 5]
G
They have taken untold millions that they never toiled to earn,
C G D7
But without our brain and muscle not a single wheel can turn.
G B7 Em
We can break their haughty power, gain our freedom when we learn
Am D7 G
That the union makes us strong.
[Verse 6]
G
In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold,
C G D7
Greater than the might of armies, magni?ed a thousand-fold.
G B7 Em
We can bring to birth a new world from the ashes of the old
Am D7 G
For the union makes us strong.
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