verse 1 

G 
Today in a village of famine, 
                   D 
A feast was had by all 
So stop all the presses 
            C                   D 
and listen for the riots and brawls 
        G 
But no rifles were aimed at comrades, 
      C 
Only at our fascist lords 
             D 
There were ghosts of 
Winstanley’s farmers 
                 C 
When they were wielding 
             D 
Ploughs not swords 


[Refrão]
       G                  C 
What reason have they to dance 
And to sing? 
       D 
Their pockets are all empty, 
              C                 D 
They've no stewards, queens or kings 
     G 
No bosses, laws or order 
          C 
Marching armies must we bring 
    D 
To give them all a reason 
        C 
Now to dance 
        D 
And to sing! 

verse 2 

G 
Hush scholar of history, 
                D 
Do not write a word 
             D 
We'll make repetition out of precedents, 
           C                 D 
See that this dream goes deferred 
           G 
Tell of insatiable greed within us 
               C 
And how the rebellion didn't work 
         D 
So in a hundred years it's forgotten 
           C                 D 
Shift the tale and shift the worth 


[Refrão]
      G                   C 
What reason have they to dance and to sing? 
       D 
Their pockets are all empty, 
            C                   D 
They've no stewards, queens or kings 
   G 
No bosses, laws or order 
         C 
Marching armies must we bring 
    D 
To give them all a reason 
 C                   D 
Now to dance and to sing! 


Instrumental 

D C B A G 

verse 3 

          G 
Where the women took up arms 
             C 
To kill the fascists to protect life 
          D 
Where the food was freed at last 
            C                  D 
For all the people's fork and knife 


[Refrão]
          G                  C 
'Tis the reason they have to dance and to sing 
      D 
Their pockets are all empty, 
           C                    D 
They've no stewards, queens or kings 
    G 
No bosses, laws or order, 
     C             D 
Everyone has everything 
      D 
Each day gives them a reason now 
    C            D C B A G 
To dance and to sing!