Biography:
Skids are a punk band formed in Dunfermline, Scotland by Stuart Adamson (on guitars, vocals, keyboards, percussion), Richard Jobson ( vocals, guitar, keyboards), Thomas Kellichan (drums) and William Simpson (bass guitar, vocals) in 1977. They signed to Virgin and issued "Sweet Suburbia" and "The Saints Are Coming" before shooting to popularity with top ten single "Into The Valley", from their first album "Scared to Dance". The group has split and reformed on numerous occasions; the original run was 1977–1982
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The Skids - Working For The Yankee Dollar
You Tube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVNHL2mcX8
[Intro]
Bm A Em D Bm A Em D
Bm A Em A
[Verse 1]
D A D A G6
Saw Vietnam as a partisan and wished I'd never been
D A D A G6
As I held the rope on through the scope I wish I'd never seen
D A D A G6
Where the air turned red as the bodies bled into a schoolboy's dream
D A D A
But who were there could only stare into this wondrous scene
[Chorus]
G6 Bm D A
Yankee, to war
Em Bm D A
Yankee, head high
Em Bm D A
Yankee, in call
Em Bm D A
Yankee, we cry
[Link]
D A D A G6
D A D A G6
[Verse 2]
D A D A G6
In Germany in the forty five, my mind was on the altar
D A D A G6
Thought of god, the iron rod and thought that needed shelter
D A D A G6
From 'Tragen' pain and men insane and eyes that got much colder
D A D A
Saw a German son with a Yankee gun and a uniform much older
[Chorus]
G6 Bm D A
Yankee, to war
Em Bm D A
Yankee, head high
Em Bm D A
Yankee, in call
Em Bm D A
Yankee, we cry
[Bridge]
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
[Instrumental]
A Asus4 A Asus4
D A D A G6
D A D A G6
[Verse 3]
D A D A G6
Processions bear that human flare which mark a hero's welcome
D A D A G6
For those dead and for those shed it was a big occasion
D A D A G6
And all flags and Yankee mags which embroidered all the meaning
D A D A
In an oversight, forgot the fight, which never bore elation
[Chorus]
G6 Bm D A
Yankee, to war
Em Bm D A
Yankee, head high
Em Bm D A
Yankee, in call
Em Bm D A
Yankee, we cry
[Instrumental]
Bm A Em D Bm A Em D
Bm A Em D Bm A Em A
D D
D G6 G D G6 G
[Bridge]
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
[Outro]
G6 Bm D A
Yankee, to war
Em Bm D A
Yankee, head high
Em Bm D A
Yankee, in call
Em Bm D A
Yankee, we cry
Mark W
You Tube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVNHL2mcX8
[Intro]
Bm A Em D Bm A Em D
Bm A Em A
[Verse 1]
D A D A G6
Saw Vietnam as a partisan and wished I'd never been
D A D A G6
As I held the rope on through the scope I wish I'd never seen
D A D A G6
Where the air turned red as the bodies bled into a schoolboy's dream
D A D A
But who were there could only stare into this wondrous scene
[Chorus]
G6 Bm D A
Yankee, to war
Em Bm D A
Yankee, head high
Em Bm D A
Yankee, in call
Em Bm D A
Yankee, we cry
[Link]
D A D A G6
D A D A G6
[Verse 2]
D A D A G6
In Germany in the forty five, my mind was on the altar
D A D A G6
Thought of god, the iron rod and thought that needed shelter
D A D A G6
From 'Tragen' pain and men insane and eyes that got much colder
D A D A
Saw a German son with a Yankee gun and a uniform much older
[Chorus]
G6 Bm D A
Yankee, to war
Em Bm D A
Yankee, head high
Em Bm D A
Yankee, in call
Em Bm D A
Yankee, we cry
[Bridge]
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
[Instrumental]
A Asus4 A Asus4
D A D A G6
D A D A G6
[Verse 3]
D A D A G6
Processions bear that human flare which mark a hero's welcome
D A D A G6
For those dead and for those shed it was a big occasion
D A D A G6
And all flags and Yankee mags which embroidered all the meaning
D A D A
In an oversight, forgot the fight, which never bore elation
[Chorus]
G6 Bm D A
Yankee, to war
Em Bm D A
Yankee, head high
Em Bm D A
Yankee, in call
Em Bm D A
Yankee, we cry
[Instrumental]
Bm A Em D Bm A Em D
Bm A Em D Bm A Em A
D D
D G6 G D G6 G
[Bridge]
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
D G6 G
Working for the Yankee dollar
[Outro]
G6 Bm D A
Yankee, to war
Em Bm D A
Yankee, head high
Em Bm D A
Yankee, in call
Em Bm D A
Yankee, we cry
Mark W
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