Song Of Myself Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I love those who [F#]labor.
I sing [G]of the farmers and
weavers
and fishermen and miners as well.
Now all you who hear me,
I pray you draw [F#]near me.[G]
[Em]Before you g[G]row weary,
I'll sing of myself.
I was brought up in plenty
until I was [C]twenty,
[G]a joy to myself as but children can be.
A joy to my father,
a [Em]joy [G]to my mother.
The [Em]pain [G]of my country
was nothing to [C]me.[G]
My school days being over,
I became a rover
To Russia and China,
to France and to Spain.
I lived at my leisure,
I lived but for pleasure
[C]And so, [G]none the wiser to England I came
[C]I t[G]hought it no danger
to follow [C]a stranger
[G]But with [Am]time [G]changing
a friend he became
For the joys of a lover can equal
no other forever anew,
and yet always the [C]same.
[G]Good fortune attending,
we don't lack a living,
our children a blessing,
our joy [F]to re[G]new.[D]
[G]But to live amid plenty
can only torment me,
when [C]the wealth [G]of the coun[C]try
belong[G]s to [C]the few
[G]I join w[C]ith t[G]he angry
I join with a hungry [C]for
long years [Am]of anguish
[G]the price will be paid to hate
and to I am not a stranger,
I welcome the danger,
and yet I'm [C]afraid.[G]
For I fear the fate
of the rebels and fighter[C]s
who ransom the [G]future
with torture and pain.
As the trial comes [F]near,
[G]if I find I can dare it,
with [C]joy I will share it,
[G]no [C]longer afraid.[G]
[C]For I've learned [G]to be angry,
I've learned to [C]be lonely,
I've [G]learned to be many,
I've learn to be one.
Iver [F]know my friends,
[C]even foes will [G]commend me.
I stand [C]with the many.
[F]I am not [C]alone.
[C]In the presence of [G]fighters,
I find a new [F]peace.
[C]In the company of [G]workers,
replenish myself of miners
and weavers of [G]rebels and dreamers
when I [C]sing [G]of my brothers
I sing of myself