Chords for Between The Wars - Billy Bragg
Tempo:
96.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Bm
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [G] [D]
[B]
I was a miner, [G] [D] I was a docker, [Bm] I was a [G] railwayman between [A] the wars.
I [Bm] raised a family [D] in time of austerity with [A] sweat at the foundry between the wars.
[E] I paid the union [G] and as [D] times got harder, I looked to the government to help the working man.
But they brought [G] prosperity [D] down at the armoury [B] where I'm in for police me boys between [D] the wars.
[G] [D]
I [Em] kept the faith [G] and I kept [A]
voting not [Bm] for the iron [G] fish but for the [E] helping hand.
For theirs [Em] is a land with a [A] wall around it and mine is [Bm] a faith [G] in my [D] fellow man.
Theirs [Bm] is a land [A] of [D] hope and glory, [E] mine is the green field and the [A] factory floor.
Theirs [E] are the skies [G] all [D] dark with bombers and mine is [Bm] the peace we knew [G] between [D] the wars.
[G] [D]
Call [Em] up the [G] craftsmen, bring [A] me the draftsmen, build me [Bm] a path [G] from cradle [Am] to grave.
And I'll [Bm] give my consent [G] to [D] any government that does not [Bm] deny a man a [D] living wage.
Go find [Bm] the young men [G] never to fight [A] again, bring up the [E] banners from the [A] days gone by.
[D] Sweet [Em] moderation, [G] hearts [E] of this nation, desert [Bm] us not, we are [D] between the wars.
[G] [D]
[B]
I was a miner, [G] [D] I was a docker, [Bm] I was a [G] railwayman between [A] the wars.
I [Bm] raised a family [D] in time of austerity with [A] sweat at the foundry between the wars.
[E] I paid the union [G] and as [D] times got harder, I looked to the government to help the working man.
But they brought [G] prosperity [D] down at the armoury [B] where I'm in for police me boys between [D] the wars.
[G] [D]
I [Em] kept the faith [G] and I kept [A]
voting not [Bm] for the iron [G] fish but for the [E] helping hand.
For theirs [Em] is a land with a [A] wall around it and mine is [Bm] a faith [G] in my [D] fellow man.
Theirs [Bm] is a land [A] of [D] hope and glory, [E] mine is the green field and the [A] factory floor.
Theirs [E] are the skies [G] all [D] dark with bombers and mine is [Bm] the peace we knew [G] between [D] the wars.
[G] [D]
Call [Em] up the [G] craftsmen, bring [A] me the draftsmen, build me [Bm] a path [G] from cradle [Am] to grave.
And I'll [Bm] give my consent [G] to [D] any government that does not [Bm] deny a man a [D] living wage.
Go find [Bm] the young men [G] never to fight [A] again, bring up the [E] banners from the [A] days gone by.
[D] Sweet [Em] moderation, [G] hearts [E] of this nation, desert [Bm] us not, we are [D] between the wars.
[G] [D]
Key:
G
D
Bm
A
E
G
D
Bm
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was a miner, [G] _ [D] I was a docker, [Bm] I was a [G] railwayman between [A] the wars.
I [Bm] raised a family [D] in time of austerity with [A] sweat at the foundry between the wars.
[E] I paid the union [G] and as [D] times got harder, I looked to the government to help the working man.
But they brought [G] prosperity [D] down at the armoury [B] where I'm in for police me boys between [D] the wars.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I [Em] kept the faith [G] and I kept [A]
voting not [Bm] for the iron [G] fish but for the [E] helping hand.
For theirs [Em] is a land with a [A] wall around it and mine is [Bm] a faith [G] in my [D] fellow man.
Theirs [Bm] is a land [A] of [D] hope and glory, [E] mine is the green field and the [A] factory floor.
Theirs [E] are the skies [G] all [D] dark with bombers and mine is [Bm] the peace we knew [G] between [D] the wars.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Call [Em] up the [G] craftsmen, bring [A] me the draftsmen, build me [Bm] a path [G] from cradle [Am] to grave.
And I'll [Bm] give my consent [G] to [D] any government that does not [Bm] deny a man a [D] living wage.
Go find [Bm] the young men [G] never to fight [A] again, bring up the [E] banners from the [A] days gone by.
[D] Sweet [Em] moderation, [G] hearts [E] of this nation, desert [Bm] us not, we are [D] between the wars.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I was a miner, [G] _ [D] I was a docker, [Bm] I was a [G] railwayman between [A] the wars.
I [Bm] raised a family [D] in time of austerity with [A] sweat at the foundry between the wars.
[E] I paid the union [G] and as [D] times got harder, I looked to the government to help the working man.
But they brought [G] prosperity [D] down at the armoury [B] where I'm in for police me boys between [D] the wars.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
I [Em] kept the faith [G] and I kept [A]
voting not [Bm] for the iron [G] fish but for the [E] helping hand.
For theirs [Em] is a land with a [A] wall around it and mine is [Bm] a faith [G] in my [D] fellow man.
Theirs [Bm] is a land [A] of [D] hope and glory, [E] mine is the green field and the [A] factory floor.
Theirs [E] are the skies [G] all [D] dark with bombers and mine is [Bm] the peace we knew [G] between [D] the wars.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Call [Em] up the [G] craftsmen, bring [A] me the draftsmen, build me [Bm] a path [G] from cradle [Am] to grave.
And I'll [Bm] give my consent [G] to [D] any government that does not [Bm] deny a man a [D] living wage.
Go find [Bm] the young men [G] never to fight [A] again, bring up the [E] banners from the [A] days gone by.
[D] Sweet [Em] moderation, [G] hearts [E] of this nation, desert [Bm] us not, we are [D] between the wars.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _