Dump The Bosses Off Your Back

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - dump the bosses off your back - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - music : traditional praise hymn ( what a friend we have in jesus ) lyrics : john brill ( 1916 ) first published in the 9th edition ( joe hill memorial edition ) of the industrial worker "little red songbook , " march 1916 . tabbed by : regicollis D G are you poor , forlorn and hungry? D A are there lots of things you lack? D G is your life made up of misery? A D then dump the bosses off your back . A D are your clothes all patched and tattered? G D A are you living in a shack? D G would you have your troubles scattered? A D then dump the bosses off your back . are you almost split asunder? loaded like a long - eared jack? boob - why don’t you buck like thunder , and dump the bosses off your back? all the agonies you suffer you can end with one good whack; stiffen up , you orn’ry duffer and dump the bosses off your back . third Verse by anne feeney ( 2006 ) if you find your factory is closed down are your neighbours all on crack? buck , let me give you the low down : dump the bosses off your back . if you find your pension looted are your buddies in iraq? would you see the rascals booted? dump the bosses off your back .