Union Maid Chords
Union Maid by Old Crow Medicine Show is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, A, D, D7 and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
G C G C G A D
G C G C G A D G
G C G
There once was a union maid, she never was afraid,
C G
of the goons and ginks and company finks,
A D7
and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid.
G C G
She went to the union hall where a meeting it was called,
C G
and when the boys would come up to her
A D G
oh this is what she'd say.
C G
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
D G G7
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
C G
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
D D7 G
I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die.
G C G
Now this union maid was wise to the tricks of company spies,
C G
she'd take the dare, she didn't care,
A D7
she'd always organize the guys.
G C G
And she always got her way when she'd ask for better pay.
C G
She showed her card to the National Guard,
A D G
honey this is what she'd say:
C G
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
D G G7
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
C G
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
D D7 G
I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die.
G C G
Now you girls who wanna be free, just take a tip from me;
C G
Oh get you a man who's a union man
A D7
and you can join the ladies' auxiliary.
G C G
Because married life ain't hard when you got a union card,
C G A D G
And a union life is a happy life when you got a union wife.
C G
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
D G G7
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
C G
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
D D7 G
I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die. Oh we gonna sing it again
C G
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
D G G7
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
C G
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
D D7 G
I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die.