Verse 1: B5 D5 B5 There's a farmer in a distant country working on the land D5 B5 A hat upon his head and a shovel in his hand F#5 G5 Till the soil plant the seed wait a while cut the leaf B5 And send another cup of tea to me Verse 2: B5 D5 B5 I'm a spoiled child of the great imperialist state D5 B5 I cannot kill my meat nor grow the food upon my plate F#5 G5 I never walked a mile to the well, when the tap runs dry to tell B5 What will become of you and me Chorus: C#5 B5 What will become of us, who will give us trust E5 B5 F#5 G5 Will you believe me when I say I never loved profiting from your pain F#5 That I felt shame when I looked the other way Verse 3: B5 D5 B5 Woke up this morning, the revolution knocking down my door D5 B5 Those capitalist pigs? No, they don't live here anymore F#5 Slipped out the back door into my car how far can you drive how far Verse 4: B5 D5 B5 There's a farmer in a distant country working on the land D5 B5 Food turned into flowers for the uptown florist stand F#5 G5 What you saved another paid to turn his soil into sand B5 The world will not deliver on demand Chorus: C#5 B5 What will become of us, who will give us trust E5 B5 F#5 G5 Will you believe me when I say I never loved profiting from your pain F#5 That I felt shame when I looked the other way
