Working At The Factory
The Kinks
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A E G DA E G D [Verse 1]A E All my life, I've been a workin' manG When I was at school they saidD that's all you'll ever understandA E No profession, I didn't figure in their plansG So they sent me down the factory toD be a workin' manA E All I lived for, all I lived forG D All I lived for was to get out of the factoryA E Now I'm here seemingly free, butG D A working at the factoryF C Then music came along and gave new life to meF C And gave me hope back in 1963A E The music came and set me freeG D A From working at the factory [Chorus]A D All I lived for, all I lived forB E Was to get out of the factoryContinues after the adA D All I lived for, all I lived forB E Was to get out of the factoryF C Never wanted to be like everybody elseF But now there are so many like meC sitting on the shelfA E They sold us a dream but in realityG D A It was just another factory [Verse 2]A E I made the music, thought that it was mineG D It made me free, but that was in another timeA E But then the corporations and the big combinesG Turned musicians into factoryD workers on assembly linesA E All we live for, all we live forG D All we live for is to get out of the factoryA E We made the music to set ourselves freeG D A From working at the factoryF C All my life I've put in a working dayF Now it's sign the contract, getC production on the wayA E Take the money, make the music payG D A Working at the factory [Solo]A D B Esus4 E [Chorus]A D All I lived forB E was to get out of the factoryF C Never wanted to be like everybody elseF But now there are so many like meC sitting on the shelfA E They sold us a dream that in realityG D A Was just another factoryA EG D A Working at the factory