Billy Bragg

Accords et partitions

A Lover Sings

Em G C Am D

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Here's Billy Braggs "A Lover Sings" off of Back to Basics. It's done in Billy's typical muting/loud rhythm style that You have to listen to to do correctly. Concentrate on the bass Be a little suspect.

A New England

F Bb C Dm Am

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long People ask me when will you grow up to be a man But all the girls I loved at school are already pushing prams

A13 Trunk Road To The Sea

A D E B C C#

Artist: Billy Bragg http://www.billybragg.co.uk/ Track: A13 Trunk Road To The Sea Tabber: Woodshed A - Asus4 rpt

Accident Waiting To Happen

G D A Em Bm

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[riff1] Ive always been impressed with the girl Who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well Thats the way I am, heaven help me

Airline To Heaven

D G A e

There's an airline plane Flies to heaven everyday G riff 1 x2 Past the pearly gates If you want to ride this train

All You Fascists

Em C G

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Theres a young man livin On the station road All you fascists Are bound to loose

Another Mans Done Gone

Eb Ab Db Fm Cm Dbmaj7

Oh I don't know, I may go Down or up or anywhere But I feel like this scribbling might stay Maybe if i hadn't seen so much hard feelings I might not could've felt other peoples So when you think of me if and when you do

At My Window Sad And Lonely

D G

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Riff 1 x 4 At my window, sad and lonely Em G riff 1 x2 Oft times do I think of thee Riff 1 x 4

Bad Penny

D G Bm Em A

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I have a letter from her When she worked for the Woman's Realm And all the things she promised me She promised herself as well She said, "I want my freedom"

Between The Wars

A D G Bm Em

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And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a Living wage Go find the young men, never to fight again, bring up the banners from The

Birds And Ships

D A Bm G a

The []birds are []singing []in your eyes to[]day []Sweet flowers []blossom in your []smile [] The []wind and []sun are []in the words you []say []Where might your []lonesome lover []be?

Blood Of The Lamb

Em C B7 G D

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[Verse] Are your garments all spotless? Are they white as the snow? Are you washed in, the blood of the Lamb? Is your soul all spotless? Is it clean as the snow? Are you washed in, the blood of the lamb?

The Boy Done Good

G D C Em Bm

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Brickbat

D G C Am Em A

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Bugeye Jim

A D Bm G

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If I get up and let you in, I lose my house and my home again; If I get up and try to come, I get sent back to the land I'm from. Back to the land I'm from.

The Busy Girl Buys Beauty

D G C Em

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What did Angela Rippon say? What will you do When you wake up one morning To find that God's made you plain In a beautiful person's world?

California Stars

A E D d

CALIFORNIA STARS - Billy Bragg and Wilco Tabbed by: David Cole Tuning:Standard

Cant Be There Today

C F G Fm Em Am

[Verse 1] An invite to a wedding That no one can attend A poster for a show that never happened Two tickets for a holiday

Chain Of Broken Hearts

G C Am Em Bm a

This world looks like a chain Of heavy broken hearts . . . It chains my brothers and sisters all apart Link after link It clatters thru my land

Chasing Rainbows

Bb Eb Cm F Gm

The wheels have come off again And the fault is all mine One day was I thinking We were doing just fine.

Cindy Of A Thousand Lives

D G Em A Bm F

Blue velvet America Half glimpsed in the headlights between the trees Who punctured the beauty And invited monsters such as these The pig faced boy, the corrupted clown

Days Like These

Em G Am C D A7

[Verse 1] The party that became so powerful by sinkin' foreign boats Is dreaming up new promises cause promises win votes Being resolute in conference, the ad-man's expertise The majority by their silence should pay for days like these

Dolphins

D D7 Em A D#

Artist: Billy Bragg Song: Dolphins Album: Don’t Try This at Home (1991) Songwriter: Fred Neil Note: D# = xxx343

Dont You Marry

D Bm A7 A G

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Verse 1: Baby, don't you marry no farming man Put a rake and a shovel right in your hand Don't you marry no railroad man When you want him he won't be on hand

Dry Bed

C G F

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Verse 1 I waked up in a dry bed mommy come see I waked in a dry bed daddy I did I woke up in a dry bed w/ dry feet & a dry head I am a big boy now

Early Morning Rain

E A B F#m

[Verse 1] In the early morning rain With a dollar in my hand And an aching in my heart And my pockets full of sand

Eisler On The Go

Am F G

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Hi everyone! This is a great song written by Woodie Gunthrie and performed by Billy And Wilco. It's written about a German composer who was expelled from Germany in 1932 He dealt with leftist parties. He came to Hollywood in 1939 and composed music for Major films. Cool huh?

Everybody Loves You Babe

C A G Fm6 Dm A7

Verse 1: Everybody likes you babe, but me I guess that proves how stupid I can be Your father thinks it's swell, your mum hears wedding bells Our friends all say we make a lovely couple we get on so well

Everywhere

A Bm D G F#m

What you do (listen to the album) is to play D and this chord. It ammounts To playing the little mandolin riff on the high e string. You can make a Similar riff on the G chords by hitting an open A string. Of course, you Can play along with the record without any of these fancy mandolin riffs, I Don't care... and it sounds fine with just the chords.

Fear Is A Mans Best Friend

G C Am D

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[Verse] … Standing waiting for a man to show Wide-eyed, one eye fixed on the door This waiting's killing me It's getting me down

Feed Of Man

D G6 C F Am G

If you beat up, you butcher, and you bleed a man You bang up and badger and blood-let a man And then I come along On the feet of man And halfway laugh and cry

The Fourteenth Of February

D G A Bm Em7 Em

Verse 1: I wish that I could remember the first moment that we met If only I could remember that sweet moment when we met If I knew then that I Would spend the rest of my life with you

From A Vauxhall Velox

G F D A E C

I said "If you pull that handle" All the time she'd been waiting for Something with a little more And all her mates on the new estates Were walking out in confetti and sunshine

From Red To Blue

F Bb G Am Dm C

Another day dawn's grey It's enough to make me spit But we go on our way Just putting up with it And when I try to make my

Full English Brexit

D G Am Em B C

Verse 1 My neighbours don't drink at the local Or have kippers for breakfast like me The food that they eat smells disgusting They'd rather drink coffee than tea

Gentle On My Mind

D Em A

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Spotify:track:6XSXcrTzgowqsQo3AioT9o Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mJnOX6fbvo Lyrics and Music: John Hartford Year: 2016 Producer: Joe Henry

Good Days And Bad Days

G Em C D

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[Verse 1] Boring, old, normal, how attractive it seems Since life came and kicked a great big hole in my dreams Now I read all the words on the tins on the shelf And I try to remember to be kind to myself

Goodbye Goodbye

G D C Em Am Am7

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[Chorus] Goodbye to all my friends The time has come for me to go Goodbye to all the souls Who sailed with me so long

Greetings To The New Brunette

D Em C G Am7 Bm7

Shirley, it's quite exciting to be sleeping here in this new room Shirley, you're my reason to get out of bed before noon Shirley, you know when we sat out on the fire escape talking Shirley, what did you say about running before we were walking

Handyman Blues

Am Am7 D7 C F Fmaj9

Don't be expecting me to put up shelves or build a garden shed But I can write a song that tells the world how much I love you instead I'm not any good at pottery so let's lose the 't' and just shift back the 'e' And I'll find a way to make my poetry build a roof over our heads I know it looks like I'm just reading the paper

Hard Times Of Old England Retold

D G Am Bm Em C

For five generations my family have farmed, By horse and by tractor, by hoe and by hand, But that won't stave off the bank's latest demand. Singing oh the hard times of old England

Help Save The Youth Of America

G D C

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[Chorus] Help save the youth of America Help save them from themselves Help save the sun-tanned surfer boys And the Californian girls

Hesitating Beauty

G C D e B

For your sparkling cocky smile I've walked a million miles Begging you to come and wed me in the spring Why do you my dear delay, what makes you laugh and turn away You're a hesitating beauty, Nora Lee

Hobos Lullaby

G C D Am7 Am G7

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[Chorus] Go to sleep you weary hobo Let the towns drift slowly by Can't you hear the steel rails hummin'? That's the hobo's lullaby

The Home Front

D G Em F#m A Bm

Father mows the lawn and Mother peels potatoes Grandma lays the table alone And adjusts a photograph of the unknown soldier In this Holy of Holies the Home

Honey Im A Big Boy Now

C F G7 C7

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Verse 1: I can see the kitchen light From the road where I park my bike But it's dark there as it often is these days And the gloomy living room

Hoodoo Voodoo

G7 C7 D C G Em

Hoodoo voodoo, seven twenty one two Haystacka hostacka, ABC High poker, low joker, ninety-nine-a-zero Sidewalk, streetcar, dance a goofy dance

I Aint Got Not Home

G F C Am

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I ain't got no home, I'm just a-roamin' 'round Just a wandrin' worker, I go from town to town. And the police make it hard wherever I may go And I ain't got no home in this world anymore. No I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I Almost Killed You

G C D Em

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You see a rainbow I see a dark cloud You see your new friends And I see a bad crowd

I Guess I Planted

E A C#m F#m Bm B

[Verse 1] I guess I planted some long lonesome seed of a song Way down inside me long ago And now I can't remember when it was But it joined up with the rest of them and grows

I Will Be Your Shield

G D Em C Am Bm

When things start to unravel And days fill you with dread And comments dent your confidence Confide in me instead When every little setback

Ideology

E E2 A C#m B F#m

(repeat pattern) The voices of the people Are falling on deaf ears Our politicians all become careerists

If You Ever Leave

G C Em7 F# Em D

[Verse 1] Walking out together All along the shore Arm in arm beneath the cliffs that tower above us We hear the breakers roar

In The Pines

G F C D Em

Verse 1 Little girl, little girl Don't you lie to me Where did you sleep, last night

Ingrid Bergman

A D

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Ingrid Bergman, you're so perty, You'd make any mountain quiver You'd make fire fly from the crater, Ingrid Bergman

The Internationale

F C7 C Bb G7 Dm

[Verse 1] Stand up all victims of oppression For the tyrants fear your might Don't cling so hard to your possessions For you have nothing if you have no rights

Island Of No Return

Em G C D Am

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[Verse 1] Digging all day and digging all night To keep my foxhole out of sight Digging into dinner on a plate on my knees The smell of damp webbing in the morning breeze

It Says Here

G C D Em F

Intro: (2x) It says here that the unions will never learn And it says here that the economy is on the upturn

Jerusalem (acoustic)

G C Em Am D Bm

Verse 1 And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England's moun-tains green And was the Holy Lamb of God On England's pleasant pa-stures seen

Joe Dimaggio Done It Again

G D

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Up along them clouds where the eagle roams: Joe Cracked that ball to whine and moaann; His Buddies laugh as they trot on in, Joe Deemaggyoe’s done it again!

Kc Moan

G C D G7 Em Gsus2

Verse 1: I thought I heard that K <u>C</u> when she moan Thought I heard that K <u>C</u> when she moan Thought I heard that K <u>C</u> when she moan She blows like my babys on board

King Tide And The Sunny Day Flood

G D C Em Bm

[Verse 1] Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could save the world and all Simply by collecting up tin cans and empty bottles We all want to believe it's true, but it don't matter what you do So long as we continue to burn our way through fossils

Levi Stubbs' Tears

A G Bm D C F#m

With the money from her accident She bought herself a mobile home So at least she could get some enjoyment Out of living alone No one could say she was left upon the shelf

Life With Lions

D G Bm A

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I hate the arsehole I become Everytime I'm with you You know you've got me on the run But let me make it clear to you It's taken two fools such as we

Life With The Lions

D G Bm A

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I hate the arsehole I become Everytime I'm with you You know you've got me on the run But let me make it clear to you It's taken two fools such as we

Like Soldiers Do

G C F Am

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CAPO (probably) 2nd or 3rd Fret. Pick-up in bridge position (as usual). This tab may be better as an acoustic version anyway. This is the VERY BASIC chord structure. All chords relative to CAPO. Use a mixture of barred and open chords (The 'F' sounds better barred to me) and Signature runs/licks between chords to get Billy's sound.

Listening To The Wind That Blows

G Dm Am C Em F

There's a girl as she is sleeping Sleeping in her sweet repose I'm her broken-hearted sweetheart Listening to that wind that blows

Little Time Bomb

G C Em D Am

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[Verse] One's of them off her food And the other's off his head And both of them are off down the boozer To drink a toast

Lonesome Whistle

G D C A7 D7

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[Verse 1] I was ridin' Number Nine Goin' south from Caroline I heard that lo-o-o-nesome whistle blow I got in trouble, had to roam

Love Lives Here

G D C Em F#

From a window up high I watched the world go by I was sacred, tears hit the floor I could see them no more

Lovers Town

D C G Bm Am Em

All the lies they told us in the classroom Wouldn't fit in the outside world They were right and I was wrong I just had to tag along Only knew what they taught me

Lovers Town Revisited

D G C Em

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[Verse 1] It’s that summer of the evening Get ready and roll the cassettes There’s boy’s outside preaching genocide And trying to think up some sort of threat

Loving You Too Long

C D G Em C/D F#

Love is a fire that burns, Love is a wheel that turns, Love is a thunderstorm With rain to wash us dry.

M For Me

C Am F C/B Am7/G D7/F#

Take the M for me and the Y for you Out of family and it all falls through We've got to love each other every day Instead of hoping it might stay that way

The Man In The Iron Mask

C Em Am Am7 F G

When he drops you off I will not say Who was that who so quickly drove away The things you've done and the places you've been When I open the door for you I will not let them in As long as you come back to me I will never ask

The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions

Em B Am E A Bm

[Verse 1] Here we are seeking out the reds Trying to keep the communists in order Just remember when you're sleeping in your beds They're only two days drive from the Texas border

The Marriage

C Am F Em G Dm

Verse: 1 I understand you needing And wanting is no crime But I can't help feeling That you and your mother are just wasting your time

Midnight Special

G C D A7 A

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[Verse 1] Oh, wake up early in the morning When the ding-dong rings Go walkin to the table See the same damn thing

The Milkman Of Human Kindness

G Em C D F#

I love you I am the milkman of human kindness, I will leave an extra pint Hold my hand for me,I'm waking up Hold my hand for me,i'm waking up

Mother Of The Bride

D G Em A Bm

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[Verse 1] The Reverend Mother went and got me a drink She came back and said to me "Well what do you think?" I said "I've made myself a fool For the prettiest girl in school"

Moving The Goalposts

A G D Bm F#m Em7

[Verse 1] I put on my raincoat to make it rain And sure enough the skies opened up again I dreamed of you as I walked to the shops You were dancing with the wallies on Top Of The Pops

Must I Paint You A Picture

G C Am F Em A

It's bad timing and me We find a lot of things out this way And there's you A little black cloud in a dress The temptation

My Flying Saucer

G D C Em c Am

[Verse] My flying saucer where can you be? Since that sad night that you sailed away from me? My flying saucer I pray this night

My Thirty Thousand

G C D

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Paul Robeson, he's the man That faced the Ku Klux Klan On hollow grove's golfing ground His words come sounding

My Youngest Son Came Home Today

Dm C F Am

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This is an old anti-war tune that should probably also be listed under Eric Bogle, Mary Black, Elvis Costello, and Billy Bragg - all of 'em have recorded it At various times. I became acquainted with the song from hearing the Stipe-Bragg duet Version live at Mountainstage.

The Myth Of Trust

Em G D Bm C

I woke up this morning To find that we have outlived the myth of trust You woke up this morning To the fact we've lost the things We took for granted between us

Never Buy The Sun

C G B Am Fmaj7 Em

Someone's hiding in the bushes with a telephoto lens While their editor assures them, the means justify the ends Because we only hunt celebrities and it's all a bit of fun But the Scousers never buy the Sun

Never Cross A Picket Line

G C D Em

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[Verse 1] Five hundred men sacked for refusing To ever cross a picket line The voices down the ages warning Never cross a picket line!

New England

G C D Em Bm F#m

I was twenty one years when I wrote this song Im twenty two now, but I wont be for long People ask me when will you grow up to be a man But all the girls I loved at school Are already pushing prams

No One Knows Anyone Anymore

C/G G D Am F A

Deep down in the underground, atoms spinning round and round Scientists monitor readings Searching for the Holy Grail, the particle or at least the tale Of the one who gives the universe its meaning.

No Power Without Accountability

Em A D EM

I grew up, in a company town And I work a' hard til' the company closed down They gave my job, to another man On half my wages in some foreign land And when I asked, how could that be, any good for our economy,

Northern Industrial Town

D G A a em

[Verse 1] It's just a northern industrial town The front doors of the houses open into the street There's no room for front gardens, just a two-up, two-down In a northern industrial town

Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

Em G D Am

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Verse Be nice if we could have our cake and eat it Though that's impossible to do But too many have invested in this outcome They simply can't afford for it not to come true

Old Clash Fan Fight Song

G D C

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People are on the move G Cmaj7 Woah-oh-oh-oh People got a lot to prove

One By One

G C F Am Em

One by one the teardrops fall as I write you One by one my words come falling on the page One by one my dreams are fading in the twilight One by one my schemes are fading fast away

Only One

A G#m C#m B E D

The clocks go forward the clocks go back Yet here I sit as if I were the only one (main riff) And oh you cannot hear me

Ontario Quebec And Me

G D C Em Am

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You don't need my Christmas card, You already have my heart. This has been an holiday romance, Try from the very start.

The Passion

G Em C C/B Am Bm

The fear of a daughter runs high In the the mind of a father to be For something is growing inside But we don't talk about it, do we

Price I Pay

G C Em A D a

My friend said she could see no way ahead And I was probably better off without you She said to face up to the fact that you weren't coming back And she could make me happy like you used to But I'm sorry to say I turned her away

The Price Of Oil

D G C

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Voices on the radio Tell us that we're going to war Those brave men and women in uniform They wanna know what they're fighting for

Raglan Road

C G F B

Fromhe free EP that came with The Internationale. The arrangement's Mostly piano. The guitar's capoed at the 8th fret (in Ab), but you can Only really hear it during the intro, so you might be better to tune down Four frets and play it at the nut.

Railroad Bill

E B7 A C#m G#7 F#

[Chorus] Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill He never worked, and he never will I wanna ride, Railroad Bill I wanna ride, old Railroad Bill

Railroading On The Great Divide

G C D

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[Verse 1] Nineteen and sixteen I started to roam, G D Dsus4 Out in the West, no money, no home I went drifting along with the tide,

The Red Flag

A E7 Bm F#7

[Verse 1] The people&#039;s flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold Their hearts&#039; blood dyed to every fold

Remember The Mountain Bed

F Bb C

"Remember The Mountain Bed" Do you still sing of the mountain bed we made of limbs and leaves? Do you still sigh there near the sky where the holly berry bleeds? You laughed as I covered you over with leaves. Face, breast, hips, and thighs You smiled when I said the leaves were just the color of your eyes

Rich Men Earning North Of A Million

F Am C G

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[Verse 1] If you’re selling your soul, working all day Overtime hours for bullshit pay Well, nothing’s gonna change if all you do Is wish you could wake up and it not be true

Richard

G C A D Am

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Neil belongs to love And love belongs to no man How can he go on When no-one answers the adverts in his mind?

Rock Island Line

G C D A B

[Chorus] Gsus2 G Gsus2 G The Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road Gsus2 G D The Rock Island Line, road to ride

Rotting On Remand

C D G F A B

And I knew that I would spend my time Awaiting trial in jail I said there is no justice As they led me out of the door And the judge said, "This isn't a court of justice son

Rule Nor Reason

D G A Bm a e

The wind sways the trees and the raindrops on the leaves Tumble down, down my neck in the breeze Yes, it's true I hid out in the shadow of your doubt, And this medal that I wear is not for bravery, I'm afraid

Rumours Of War

Am G C F

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Song: Rumours of War Artist: Billy Bragg Album: Don't Try This at Home Transcribed by: Dean Malone

Saffiyah Smiles

Am G Bm C F Em

[Verse] Angry white men dressed like Elmer Fudd Shouting something about soil and blood A woman of colour steps out from the crowd And does something to make us all proud

Saturday Boy

A G D E Bm F#

(same as first verse) She became a magic mystery to me and we'd Sit together in double history twice a week And some days we'd walk the same way home And its surprising how quick a little rain can clear the streets

Scholarship Is The Enemy Of Romance

C G Em D F

Scholarship is the enemy of romance Where does that leave me alone in the rain again What happened to the weekend I planned with you? We didn't even get upstairs this time

Secret Of The Sea

G D C Am Em B

Who can guess the secret of the sea? Who can guess the secret of the sea? If you can guess the secret of my love for you Then we both could know the secret of the sea

Sexuality

D C G Em7 Em Bm

(When the song is played live I've noticed that Billy adds in a Gmaj9 when playing the He then returns the D.) (Also in the chorus, after you play an Em7, play an open D and then play out the notes Dsus4 releasing the string after you hit it so that you end up with .)

She Came Along To Me

C G D Am Em

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And they've not been any too well known For brains and planning and organized thinking But I'm sure the women are equal And they may be ahead of the men

Shes Got A New Spell

A D G Bm Em

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She's got a new spell (Billy Bragg) (Capo 5e fret) Intro:

Shirley

D G C Bm Em Am7

[Verse 1] Shirley, It's so exciting to be sleeping here in this new room, Shirley, You're my reason to get out of bed before noon.

The Short Answer

C G F Am B E

Bass runs in the verse: Run 1: Leading into the first C chord of each of the first two lines, run up from the G On the bottom string. Run 2: Leading into the first F chord of the third line, run up from the C on fifth string.

Sin City

G D C G7

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This old town 's filled with sin It'll swallow you in If you got some money to burn Take it home right away You've got three years to pay

Sing Their Souls Back Home

G C D

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Sing our songs of freedom and we sing our songs of peace We sing about sweet harmony, for to make the fighting cease Let's sing one song for the folks tonight, That are sleeping on the streets, Come on and sing their souls back home

The Sleep Of Reason

D F# E G A B

To say the last goodbye In communion with a bunch of folks That we don't know or see In the hope that we might feel something

Someday Some Morning Sometime

C F G

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Someday, some morning, sometime, sometime. I'd like to hold your hand in mine. Someday some morning sometime. I'd like to tell you, you're pretty and fine,

Spacerace Is Over

E A F#m G#m B C#m

[chorus]: Now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get To the moon Now that the space race is over and I can't help but feel that we've all Grown up too soon

St Swithins Day

C G F E Am

Here's Billy Bragg's "St. Swithins Day" off of Back to Basics. Timing is everything here, so listen to the record Too. With the main picking pattern, during the verses and The first two times in the intro, the high E string isn't picked - everywhere else the progression shows up, it is. A case

Stetson Kennedy

D Em G Bm Am C

I done spent my last three cents Mailing my letter to the president I didn't make a show, I didn't make a dent So I'm swinging over to this independent gent Stetson Kennedy

Sugardaddy

G C Em D Am F

[Verse 1] Sugardaddy took me to wonderland Gave me so many presents I could not stand To see you I really couldn't stand to see you

Take Down The Union Jack

G C D Am

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Take down the union jack It clashes with the sunset And put it in the attic With the emperor's old clothes

Talking Wag Club Blues

D G E C

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Well the sun goes down on London Town But it never sets on Oxford Street Those well spoken young men and their bouncers Are trying to create a well dressed elite

Tank Park Salute

G D Em7 Cm7

[Verse] Kiss me goodnight and say my prayers Em7 Cadd9 Leave the light on at the top of the stairs G D Cadd9

The Tatler

C G D Em

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[Verse] Whenever you find a man That loves every woman he sees There's always some kind of woman That's putting him up a tree

Ten Mysterious Photos That Cant Be Explained

Bb C F Dm Gm G

[Verse 1] Now the angry old men Say it was better back when We used to Keep the Aspidistra Flying Now it may be the case

There Is Power In A Union

G D C GM7 F# E

[VERSE] There is power in a factory, power in the land Power in the hand of the worker But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand There is power in a Union

There Will Be A Reckoning

Em G D Bm C/G C/B

Somewhere between the midnight And the cold and empty dawn I found myself out walking On the streets where I was born And I came upon a stranger

Think Again

D A G

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[Verse] Do you think that the Russians want war? These are the parents Of children who died in the last one Do you think that it's possible,

To Have And To Have Not

G C Em D

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Up in the morning and out to school Mother says there'll be no work next year Qualifications once the golden rule Are now just pieces of paper

The Unwelcome Guest

C Am F D G

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To the rich man's bright lodges I ride in this wind On my good horse I call you my shiny Black Bess To the playhouse of fortune to take the bright silver And gold you have taken from somebody else

Upfield

G D Em A Am

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The angels asked me how I felt about all I'd seen and heard That they spoke to me, a pagan, gave me cause to doubt their word But they laughed and said it doesn't matter if you help us in our Art ||: you've got a socialism of the heart :|| x2

Valentines Day Is Over

C F G Am Em E

[VERSE 1] Someday boy you'll reap what you've sown You'll catch a cold and you'll be on your own And you will see that what's wrong with me Is wrong with everyone that

Waiting For A Train

C F G C7 D7 G7

[Verse 1] All around the water tanks Waiting for a train A thousand miles away from home Sleepin' in the rain

Waiting For The Great Leap Forward

C G B Am F

[Verse 1] It may have been Camelot for Clegg and Cameron But on Boris Johnson's boulevard, there's not much business goin' on Factory's are failin', public servants marchin' Everybody's angry, Europeans need help illing (?)

Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards

C G B Am F

It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying Over luxury's disappointment so he walks over and he's trying To sympathise with her but he thinks that he should warn her

Walt Whitmans Niece

A D E

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Last night or the night before that (I won't say which night) A seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman) Walked up to a big old building (I won't say which building) And would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs) If there had not have been two girls

The Warmest Room

A C Am D E G

OK, the actual lyrics, as he does them in the studio, are as Follows: A rainy afternoon Spent in the warmest room She lay before me and said

Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key

A D Bm F#m

I lived in a place called Okfuskee And I had a little girl in a holler tree I said, little girl, it's plain to see, There ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain&#8217;t nobody that can sing like me

Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key

B E F# G#m G#m7

I lived in a place called Okfuskee And I had a little girl in a holler tree I said, little girl, it's plain to see, There ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain’t nobody that can sing like me

Were Following The Wrong Star

Em C G D Bm Am

[Verse] Heeeeee doesn't even notice How much it is costing for the year Heeeee's banking on his bonus Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas

Where The Roses Are In Bloom

G D Em Bm

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Verse 1 They were strolling in the gloaming Where the roses were in bloom A soldier and his sweetheart lady true And their hearts were filled with sorrow

Which Side Are You On

Em D C

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[Verse 1] This government had an idea And parliament made it law It seems like it's illegal To fight for the union any more

Why We Build The Wall

Em G D Am A E

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This is a deliberate simplification to outline the basic structure and repetition but not a bad place to Start I hope? I’ve heard Billy play this several times – live and recorded – and it’s never the same But because he’s mostly striking individual strings, it’s kinda whatever you want it to be. Play around With it and enjoy.

Wish You Were Her

E F#m7 A Bm D F#m

There's a girl sleeping in my bed. And I'm singing unwritten songs in my head. She provided bittersweet company. I confided how much you mean to me. And this time, It's gonna take a train to pull me through. Some brief distraction from your memory. Is all that I hoped that she might be And as I let her warm her feet on me. Wish you were her.

Wishing The Days Away

C F G Am Em Dm

Verse 1: On monday I wished it was tuesday night So I could wish for the weekend to come On tuesday I wished that the night would pass So I could call you on the phone

World Turned Upside Down

D A G

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In 1649 to St George's Hill A ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples' will They defied the Landlords, they defied the laws They were the dispossessed, reclaiming what was theirs

You Make Me Brave

C Am G F C/F C/E

Outro Today Today Live for today Live for today

You Woke Up My Neighbourhood

D C G Am Em Bb

As I wait for sleep to drag me under In the evening gloom I sit and wonder The words I should have said to you The things I always meant to do The bad dreams that all came true