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May Day / Burn It Down

by Jacob W. Fowler

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1.
May Day 01:54
Chords: G C G D repeats every line, end on a G for the very last line in the last chorus :) If you learn to play this I'd love to hear it!! Lyrics: Gather round all ya workers and sing this song with me we sing a song of hope of freedom from wage slavery weather it be in fast food or service or a factory we give our blood sweat and tears to the bourgeoisie But workers blood, should stay with the worker and workers sweat, it always flows and workers tears, should never be shed for the work that we do this world is our own Gather round all ya workers, join with each other today Today is our day, the first day of May Our comrades of the past fought, for fair hours eight and out comrades of the past with their blood they paid But workers blood, should stay with the worker and workers sweat, it always flows and workers tears, should never be shed for the work that we do this world is our own Gather round all ya workers, the bosses aren't your friend They'd kill us for profit again and again so to keep on living, we will join hand in hand to never let another comrade meet an unfair end Because workers blood, should stay with the worker and workers sweat, it always flows and workers tears, should never be shed for the work that we do this world is our own Gather round all ya workers, and celebrate today We will keep on fighting against the bosses sin We have nothing to lose but our chains and we have the whole world to win and workers blood, should stay with the worker and workers sweat, it always flows and workers tears, should never be shed for the work that we do this world is our own
2.
Burn It Down 00:33
Chords: All A and D baby!! A when listing places, D when you start to say "burn," and then repeat for the next line. When you get to the ending bit it's just A and D for every 2 lines, ending on a beautiful D. If you learn to play this I'd love to hear it!! Lyrics: Go to the Walmart and burn it down go to the Panera and burn it down go to the Starbucks and burn it down go to the corporate headquarters and burn it to the ground Go to the lawmakers home and burn it down Go to the banks and burn them down go to the white house and burn it down find your politicians and knock them to the ground go to your parent house and burn it down go to the school and burn it down go to the church and burn it down go to heaven and raze it to the ground no gods no masters no chains no pastors no ropes no rafters Its hope we're after

about

My first original songs released!

This song is inspired by the Haymarket Affair that took place on May 4th, 1886, where over 100 workers were killed, over 70 were injured and 4 killed by police gunfire and a bomb that went off and during a peaceful protest for the 8 hour workday. This incident is considered the climax of social unrest among the working class known as "the great upheaval." It is also considered the origin for International Workers Day, or May Day- which is celebrated on May 1st.

I woke up on May 1st of 2020, elbow deep in a global pandemic, pissed at my fast food job who would do nothing for us workers. Around this time me and some coworkers were also trying to unionize our store, but that fell through... nonetheless I digress... May 1st was one of my days off. I was in a hyper-revolutionary mood already because of a local rent strike that me and some other folks attempted to organize (which also fell through...), and I opened up Twitter and was reminded what that day was, and was suddenly reminded of the atrocities that happened 114 years prior. I felt a spark of inspiration that I have never felt before, and I wrote and recorded "May Day" and "Burn it Down" in about 45 minutes.

One day I hope to re-record and release this proper, maybe on a future May Day. Until then, I hope y'all enjoy my little tunes :)

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released May 1, 2020

Lyrics: Jacob W. Fowler
Vocals: Jacob W. Fowler
Guitar: Jacob W. Fowler

Recorded on my phone before I had any fancy recording and editing gear :)

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