D                 G      Bm E

The wheelbarrow's fallen,   look at my hands
        D                  G
They've found some surplus cheaper hands
Bm                   E
   Rubbing palms and pick and choose,
D              G        Bm             E   
  Look at that building,  look at this man
D                 G
  Haloed and whitewashed
Bm               E
  Gone to find a cheaper hand
D              G
Green grow the rushes go
D              G
Green grow the rushes go
D              G
Green grow the rushes go
Bm                 E
The compass points the workers home
D            G       Bm E

Pay for your freedom,   find another gate

D            G     Bm            E

Guilt by associate,   the rushes wilted a long time ago
D             G         Bm      E
Stay off that highway,     word is it's not so safe
D                   G                   Bm
   The grasses that hide the greenback
E
The amber waves of gain again
[Chorus lick]
D              G
Green grow the rushes go
D              G
Green grow the rushes go
D              G
Green grow the rushes go
Bm                 E
The compass points the workers home
[Chorus lick]