C F C Bill Bailey belonged to every radical party that ever came to be C G7 Till he finally decided to start his own party so he wouldn't disagree C F C He got himself an office with a sign outside the door with Marxist League in letters red C G7 (stop) And to everyone who came around these were the words he said: C C7 Oh you may be a friend of Max Shachtman, Jim Cannon and you may agree F C You may get along with Norman Thomas and with Algernon Lee C F C You may be an old-time Wobbly and think Jay Lovestone's fine C G7 C Yes you may be a comrade to all of these folks, but you ain't no Comrade of mine For 17 years Bill Bailey kept his office with the sign outside the door But he never ever got a new member, everybody made him sore And then one night, there came a big fire and through the flame and smoke As the firemen rushed in to save Bill's life these were the words he spoke: Oh you may be a friend of Ben Gitlow, Reverend Muste and you may agree You may get along with Emma Goldman and with the S-L-P You may have belonged to every radical party that ever had a line Yes you may be a comrade to all of those folks, but you ain't no comrade of mine." And so on this day Bill Bailey passed away and his soul to Red Heaven flew He was met at the gate by old Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels too They said welcome comrade as they opened the gate to let Bill come inside As he slammed the door back in old Karl's face these were the words he cried: Oh you may be a friend of Karl Kautsky and a pal of Ferd LaSalle You may get along with Wilhelm Liebknecht and the First Internationale Yes you may have inspired every radical party from the Hudson to the Rhine Oh you may be a comrade of all of those folks, but you ain't no comrade of mine ---------------- If you wanted to play it faster than the recording, I would recommend playing it in the key of D and ending the second line of the choruses on an A7 after the D