Intro: G D G C C D C D G D G C C G D G G D G C Brother, you know we're all in this alone, C D C D Take what you can get, break all but your bones G D G C And when they finally ask you "well, what have you done?" C G D G Say "life is a game and I've won, yes I've won. C D G Say "life is a game and I've won!" G D G D G C You gave the asphalt a heave and then looked back at me, C D C D Said "that is a word from the wise ones indeed" G D G C When you've been here this long, one day you belong C G D G One day you wake up and forget what seemed wrong. G D G D And the first day of May, well it quietly passed by, G C D And the bosses still reign five to nine. G D G C And you curse when I say words like "living" and "wage" C G D G You say "I made my house outta mud, so should they. G D G Now the ball field is level, let's play!" G D G C I think of the bullets, the blood, and the rage C D C D That went in there to stir up the eight hour day G D G C Seems the masters have found themselves new rats to cage C D G And the price for a union is great G D G C Well they gave her a raise so they raised up her rent C D C D She says "I'll never burst from this box that I'm in!" G D G C But she's too scared to talk, to step off the sidewalk, C G D G So she shrugs it all off as the luck of the draw G D G C And the labor you cry that's been robbed from your kind C D With dirt on your hands and sweat in your eyes G D G- If the fortunate son really wants to eat dust, C G. D Well I'm sure there's a good chance he'll be hired G C G C D There's a million stories of the crimes left to rot G C G C D But I never will raise as long as I sleep on the job G D G C Oh yeah, you say "brother, you know, we're all in this alone C D C D Take what you can get, break all but your bones G D G C And when they finally ask us well what have you done?" C D G Say "life is a game and I'm done!"
