G Five hundred men sacked for refusing C D G D to ever cross a picket line G Em G The voices down the ages warning C D Em Never cross a picket line! C D G C G C D Em C G you must never cross a picket line! [Verse 2] G Two years gone by but still they never C D G D ever cross a picket line G Em G With their wives and children they stand together C D Em Never cross a picket line! C D G you must never cross a picket line! [Chorus] G Look away, look away G C G look away out west to San Francisco Look away, look away G C G look away down south to Sydney Harbour C D Em where the dockers have organised C D G the world's longest picket line [Verse 3] G Technically this is an illegal strike C D G Never cross a picket line! G But technically workers have no rights C D Em Never cross a picket line! C D G C G C Em C G You must never cross a picket line! [Verse 4] G Oh, I want to live in a brand new Britain C D G Never cross a picket line! G Where workers rights are enshrined and written C D Em Never cross a picket line! C D G You must never cross a picket line! [Chorus] G Look away, look away G D G Look away out west to San Diego G Look away, look away G D G Look away out east to far Osaka C D Em where the dockers have organised C D G the world's longest picket line [Verse 5] G The Tories are gone but there's no improvement C D G Never cross a picket line! G Now where is the might of the Labour movement C D Em Never cross a picket line! C D G C D G C D Em C D G You must never cross a picket line! [Chorus] G Look away, look away, G Look away down south to Auckland City G Look away, look away G Look away out west to old Vancouver C D Em where the dockers have organised C D G the world's longest picket line C D Em Where the dockers have realised: C D G You must never cross a picket line!