I Don't Want Your Mandolins Mister

The Almanac Singers

Key of Db · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

Db
I don't want your millions, Mister
        Gb                Db
I don't want your diamond ring
      Gb                         Db
All I want is the right to live, Mister
        Ab          Db
Give me back my job again

Verse 2

Db
Now, I don't want your Rolls-Royce, Mister
        Gb                 Db
I don't want your pleasure yacht
      Gb                      Db
All I want's just food for my babies
        Ab            Db
Give to me my old job back

Verse 3

Db
We worked to build this country, Mister
          Db                Gb
While you enjoyed a life of ease
              Db                 Gb
You've stolen all that we built, Mister
        Ab                  Db
Now our children starve and freeze

Chorus

Db
So, I don't want your millions, Mister
        Gb                Db
I don't want your diamond ring
      Gb                         Db
All I want is the right to live, Mister
        Ab          Db
Give me back my job again

Verse 4

Db
Think me dumb if you wish, Mister
        Gb                 Db
Call me green, or blue, or red
         Gb                 Db
This one thing I sure know, Mister
          Ab             Db
My hungry babies must be fed

Verse 5

Db
Take the two old parties, Mister
   Db                       Gb
No difference in them I can see
           Db           Gb
But with a Farmer-Labor Party
         Ab             Db
We could set the people free

Chorus

Db
So, I don't want your millions, Mister
        Gb                Db
I don't want your diamond ring
      Gb                         Db
All I want is the right to live, Mister
        Ab          Db
Give me back my job again