Chord Booklet

Billy Bragg

10 songs|16 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

C/G

Cmaj7

D/C

F#m

C/B

No One Knows Anyone Anymore

Key: GHard

C/G

Cmaj7

G Deep down in the undeDrground,Am atoms spinning roC/Gund and round

SGcientists moDnitor reaAmdings C/G

SGearching for the DHoly Grail, Amthe particle or at C/Gleast the tale

Of the Gone who gives the Duniverse its Ammeaning. A

C/G G D Em (lift fingers off 4 & 5 string & play)

But what if there's nothing, no big answer to find? (open for run up to C/G)

C/G What if we're juGst passing through tDime?

FNo one kC/Gnows nothing Ganymore

FNobody rC/Geally knows thGe score

FNobody kC/Gnows anGything

FLet's break itC/G down and start aAgain

G What happens when the Dmarkets drop,

Am If the numbers really C/Gdon't add up?

GEveryone seDeks the safe Amhaven. C/G

G And as they contemplaDte their ruin,

ThAme self-proclaimed smartest people C/Gin the room

Are Gtrying very haDrd not to sound Amcraven A

C/G G D Em (lift fingers off 4 & 5 string & play)

But what if there's nothing, no pot of gold to find? (open for run up to C/G)

C/G Only the bGlind leading the Dblind.

FNo one kC/Gnows nothing Ganymore

FNobody rC/Geally knows thGe score

FNobody kC/Gnows anGything

FLet's break itC/G down and start aAgain

Cmaj7 Let's stop pretending

* Cmaj7 (* Walkdown on 6 string from 3 to 2 to open,then onto)

We can manage our way out of here. (Em chord and then play open then onto Cmaj7 chord)

Let's stop defending the indefensible.

Cmaj7 Let's stop relying on

The lecturing of the experts

Whose sApin just makes our plight incomprehensible.

GHigh up on a moDuntain topAm, somebody with a skiC/Gnhead crop

GIs thinking deep tDhoughts for us Amall. C/G

GSerenity is aDll around,Am but if you listen you can heC/Gar the sound

OGf one head being banDged against the Amwall. A

C/G G D Em (lift fingers off 4 & 5 string & play)

But what if our ancestors had stayed up in the trees (open for run up to C/G)

C/G Who'd be sleeping weighedG down by these woDrries?

FNo one kC/Gnows nothing Ganymore

FNobody rC/Geally knows thGe score

FNobody kC/Gnows anGything

FLet's break itC/G down and start aAgain

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Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted

Key: GEasy

GBe nice if we could have our Amcake and eat iDt

GThough that's impossible to Ddo

GBut too many have iEmnvested in this oDutcome

EmThey simply can't aGfford for it Emnot to come Dtrue

GWe ceded too much Ampower to the mDarket

GLet it decide what's right oDr wrong

GNow everyone seems Emwilling to lent cDredence

EmAnd truth is so devGalued, it's gEmoing for a sDong

EmNot everything that cGounts can be Dcounted

EmHolds the markets to Amaccount

EmNot everything that cGounts can be Dcounted

EmNot everything that cAman be counted Emcounts

GAmD

GEmD

EmGEmD

GPeople have had Amenough of Dexperts

GAnd their inconvenient Dfacts

GHere's what theEm media really won't tell Dya

EmExactly who it is tGhat's taking Emcontrol backD

GAll opinAmions are eDqual

GIn the free market of iDdeas

GAnd truth is nothing Emmore than an oDpinion

EmThat's the garneredG the most likEmes, provoked the loudest cDheers

EmNot everything that cGounts can be Dcounted

EmHolds the markets to Amaccount

EmNot everything that cGounts can be Dcounted

EmNot everything that cAman be counted Emcounts

GAmD

GEmD

EmGEmD

GThere isn't really any Amroom for dreameDrs

GIf you have principles that's nDice

GThe market isn't Eminterested in Dvalues

EmExcept for Gthose it can dEmefine as pDrice

GAll bow to the Ampower of the Dmarket

GTill it throws up a different Dface

GIf you're not white oEmr male or cDompliant

EmThe system is Gdesigned to kEmeep you in your Dplace

EmNot everything that cGounts can be Dcounted

EmHolds the markets to Amaccount

EmNot everything that cGounts can be Dcounted

EmNot everything that cAman be counted Emcounts

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Must I Paint You A Picture

Key: CMedium

CIt's bad timGing and meF

We find a lGot of things out this way C

And theGre's you

A little blFack cloud in a dresGs

CThe temptatGion

To take the precAmious things wFe have a part

To seCe how they worGk C

Must be resiGsted for they never fit togAmether again F C

GIf this is rain let it fAmall on me and drown me

GIf these are tears letAm them fall G

Must I paint you a piCcture G Am

About the way that IC feel G Am

You know that my love for you Cis strong gAmirl G

You know that my love for you Cis realAm G

CIt took a shoGrt walk and a taFlk

To change the ruGles of engagement C

While you searcGhed frantically for revFerse G

CAnd then claGiming

That virAmtue never tesFted is no viCrtue at alAl

CAnd so GI lost my ignoranAmce

F G And now the bells across the riverAm chime out your name

GI look across to them aAmgain G

Must I paint you a piCcture G Am

About the way that IC feel G Am

You know that my love for you Cis strong gAmirl G

You know that my love for you Cis realAm G

EmAll your friends said come dowCn

It will never fly

And on that impeFrfect day

We threw it alGl away

CEmrisis after crisis, wAmith such intensity

FThis would never happen if we lived Gby the sea

CMost impoGrtant decisions in life F

Are made betweeGn two people in bed C

I found thGat at my own expensFe G

CAnd when I seGe you

You juts tuAmrn around and wFalk away like Cwe never mGet C

Oh Gwe used to be so brAmave F

GI dreamt the wolrd stopped turAmning as we climbed the hGill

I dreamt impossible dreAmams that we were lovers still G

Must I paint you a piCcture G Am

About the way that IC feel G Am

You know that my love for you Cis strong gAmirl G

You know that my love for you Cis realAm G

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Levi Stubbs' Tears

Key: BmHard

D/C

F#m

With the Bmmoney from her accident

She Gbought herself a mobile Dhome D/C

So at Aleast she could get some enjGoyment

out of living Bmalone Bm A

No one could Gsay she was left upon the Dshelf

Its Ayou and me against the world she mumble to herself

CGDA

CGDB

When the Cworld falls Gapart Dsomethings Astay in Bmplace Bm A

GLevis Stubbs Atears roll down his Bmface F#m

She Bmran away from home Gin her mother's best Dcoat D/C

She was Amarried before she was Geven entitled to Bmvote Bm A

And her Ghusband was one of those Dblokes

The sort who Aonly laughs at his own Bmjokes

The Gsort that a war takes Daway

And when there Awasn't a war he left her anyway

CGDA

CGDB

When the Cworld falls Gapart Dsomethings Astay in Bmplace Bm A

GLevis Stubbs Atears roll down his Bmface

GNorman DWhitfield and F#mBarratt StArong

Are Ghere to make Dright everyF#mthing that's Awrong

GHolland and DHolland and Lamont F#mDozier toGo

Are Ahere to make it okay with you

BmOne dark night he Gcame home from the Dsea D/C

And put a Ahole in her body, Gwhere no hole should Bmbe Bm A

It hurt her Gmore to see him walking out the Ddoor

And though they Astiched her back together they left her heart in

pieces on the Bmfloor A

When the Gworld falls apart Asomethings stay in Bmplace Bm A

She takes Goff the Four Tops tape

Aand puts it back in its BmcaseA

When the Gworld falls apart Asomethings stay in BmplacBme A

GLevis Stubbs Atears Bm A

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There Will Be A Reckoning

Key: EmCapo 3Hard

C/G

C/B

EmGD

(palm mute)

EmSomewhere between the midnGight

DAnd the cold and empty Bmdawn

EmI found myself out walGking

DOn the streets where I wasBm born

EmAnd I came upon a sGtranger

DWho looked Me in the Bmface

EmAnd asked Me what I was Gdoing

In thisD god forsaken Bmplace

(play open)

IC/G don't need to be forgiven For someGthing I haven't done

No forDewarning my family To find their Emplace in the sun

IfC/B you keep this pressure on GJust don't be surprised

If I can'Dt summon up My dignity While You're Emroughing up My pride

TBmhere will be a rEmeckoning

C/G For the pGeddlers of Dhate,

Who Emspread their C/Gpoison all acGross this Destate

And a Emreckoning C/Btoo, for the polGiticians wDho

LAeft Us to this fCate

There will be a reEmckoning G D

EmGD

(palm mute)

EmJust a few days lGater, a mDan came to My Bmdoor

ToEm ask Me if I thGought that

This Dplace was worth fighting Bmfor

And thouEmgh I recognize his rGeasons

DI just could not Bmagree

WhenEm they told me that My Gneighbor

DWould be My Bmenemy

(play open)

IC/G don't need to be forgiven For someGthing I haven't done

No forDewarning my family To find Their Emplace in the sun

IfC/B You keep this pressure on GJust don't be surprised

If I can'Dt summon up my dignity While You're Emroughing up My pride

TBmhere will be a rEmeckoning

C/G For the pGeddlers of Dhate,

Who Emspread their C/Gpoison all acGross this Destate

And a Emreckoning C/Btoo, for the polGiticians whoD

LAeft us to this fCate

There will be a reEmckoning G D

There will be a reEmckoning

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The Marriage

Key: CMedium

CAmFC

C Em I undersAmtand yoFu needing

C Em And wanAmting is Fno crime

C Em But I Dmcan't help feeling

That Cyou and your Ammother are just Fwasting your Ctime

G Am Choosing FSaturdays Cin Summer

G Am I dare Fyou to Gwear white

C AmLove is just a Fmoment of Cgiving

CAnd marriage is Amwhen we admit our Fparents were Cright

C Em I just dAmon't unFderstand it

C Em What maAmkes our Flove a sin

C Em How caDmn it make that difference

If yoCu and I are wAmearing that blooFdy, bloody riCng

G Am If FI share myC bed with you

G Am Must I Falso shGare my life

C AmLove is just a Fmoment of Cgiving

CAnd marriage is Amwhen we admit our Fparents were Cright

C Em You justAm don't Funderstand it

C Em This tenderAm trap weF're in

C Em Those glossy Dmcatalogs of couples

Are cCashing in on Amhappiness Fagain and Cagain

G Am So drag mFe to the aCltar

G Am And I'lFl make Gmy sacrifice

C Am Love is jusFt a momentC of giving

CAnd marriage is Amwhen we admit our Fparents were Cright

CAnd marriage is Amwhen we admit our Fparents Dm were probably Cright Am F C

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Wishing The Days Away

Key: CMedium

CFCGCCG

On monCday I wished it was tuesday night

So I could Fwish for the Gweekend to Ccome

On Ctuesday I wished that the night would pass

So I could Ccall you Gon the Amphone

Now a Fman can spend a Clot of time

Wondering Amwhat was on jack Cruby's mind

And Ftime is all I Emhave without you Dmhere G

On Cwednesday when you hung up

It was as Fmuch as GI could Cdo

To Cstop from wishing thursday

Would Cpass so Gquickly Amtoo

They're Fout there making Chistory

In the Clenin shipyards toFday

And Fhere I am in the Chammersmith hoAmtel

GWishing the days aCway

CWasn't it a shock to find

The Fking was Ghuman Ctoo?

CStill I think he understands

Much Cmore of Gme than you Amdo.

It Fseems a proper Cshame to steal,

His Cclothes but not his Fcrown,

FHere I am in the CHammersmith Amhotel,

GSinging the government Cdown

There's Calways room for one more soul

FDown in the Ghuman Czoo

CI don't want you to come here though

I Cwant to come Ghome to Amyou

FSomebody's knocking Cat the door

Its Clater than I Fthink

And it's Ftime to put on these Cstinking Amclothes

And Gget out there and Cstink

On Cfriday I wished there was something more

To be Fseen in the Gletters you Csend

On Csaturday I wished it was sunday

Oh will this Ctorment Gever Amend

SomeFtimes I get a Cnotion to put a Ftorch

To the tools of my Ftrade

FHere I am in the Chammersmith hoAmtel

GWishing the days Caway

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The Passion

Key: EmHard

C/B

EmAmGEmCG

EmThe fear of a Amdaughter runs high G

EmIn the the minCd of a father to be G

EmFor something Amis growing inside G

EmBut we don't tCalk about it, do we G

EmIn the long emAmpty passionless night G

EmMany times to Cherself she has prayed G

EmThat the baby Amwill love her much morGe

EmThan the big bCoy who stole her away G

CAnd sometC/Bimes it takCes a growC/Bn man a lonCg time toC/B learn G

CJust whatC/B it would tCake a chiC/Bld a night Cto learn C/B G

BmIt pains her toEm know that some thinCmgs will never be right G

BmIf the baby is Emjust someone else toCm take sides in the fight D

EmHarsh words beAmtween bride and groom G

EmThe distance iCs greater each day G

EmHe smokes alonAme in the next room G

EmAnd she knits Cher life away G

CAnd sometC/Bimes it takCes a growC/Bn man a lonCg time toC/B learn G

CJust whatC/B it would tCake a chiC/Bld a night Cto learn C/B G

BmA long time agoEm she saw visions on Cmthe stairs G

BmAnd when she feEmlt dizzy her mother Cmwas always there D

EmThe home help Amis no help at all G

EmI have not comCmitted a crime G

EmAngels gaze doAmwn from the wall G

EmIs there a GodC, Is there a next time G

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It Says Here

Key: CMedium

It says Chere that the Gunions will never lDearn

And it says Chere that the eGconomy is on the upDturn

And it says Chere we should be Gproud that we are Dfree

And our free Cpress reflects our deGmocracy D

Those Gbraying Emvoices on the Cright of the Ghouse

GEcho Emdown the street ofC shame G

Where Gpolitics Emmix with Cbingo and Gtits

In a Gmoney and Emnumbers Cgame G

Where they Doffer you a feature on Emstockings and suspenders

Next to a Ccall for stiffer penalties for Gsex offenders

GCGD

It says Chere that Gthis year's prince is Dborn

And it says Chere "d'you ever Gwish that you were better inDformed?"

And it says Chere that we can Gonly stop the Drot

With a large dose of Claw and order and a Gtouch of the short sharp Dshock

Is this does Gnot reflect your Emview you must CunderstanGd

That those who Gown these Empapers also Cown this Gland

And they'd Grather you belEmieve in CoroCnation Street cGapers

In the Gwar for circuEmlation, it Csells newsGpapers

Would it Dbe an infringement of the Emfreedom of the press to print

CPictures of women in Gstates of undress?

GCGD

GFC

When you Dwake up to the fact that your pEmaper is Tory

Just remCember there are two sides to eGvery story

GCD

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10.

Full English Brexit

Key: AmMedium

AmAmGD

My Gneighbours don't drink at the Dlocal

Or have Gkippers for breakfast like Dme

The Amfood that they eat smells disEmgusting

They'd Amrather drink coffee than Dtea

It's Gtrue that their kids are reDspectful

They Ggave me their seat on the Dbus

But it's Amjust that there's so many Emof them

That I Amfear what will become of Dus

I'm not Emracist, all I Bwant is

To Cmake things how they used to Gbe D

But Emchange is Bstrange and

CNobody's listening to Gme D

I Gcheered when our side won the DCold War

Spread Gfreedom and peace all aDround

Now there's Amfolks speaking Russian in EmTesco's

It's a Amshame the wall had to come Ddown

I Gknow some are fleeing from Dwar zones

To Gkeep their young children from Dharm

But my Amparents stayed put through the EmBlitz years

And Amme? I was sent to a Dfarm

Yeah the Emsun shines, but Bsometimes

I don't Cfeel like this is my counGtry D

But Emto say so? BOh no

I Cnever get no sympaGthy D

GOnce we ruled over an Dempire

So it Gfeels like some kind of deDfeat

To comAmply with rules drawn up by Emstrangers

And Ammeasure in metres not Dfeet

We Gdon't want to go but by DJingo

If we Gcan't be in charge, then we Dmust

But Amdon't be offended, dear Emneighbour

It's not Amyou: this is all about Dus

But it's Emalright, Balright

I Cthink I've found a remeGdy D

Yes it's Emalright, gonna be Balright

It's a CFull English Brexit for Gme D

EmB

CGD

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