The World Turned Upside Down Chords by Billy Bragg

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In 1649, _ to St [B] George's Hill, a ragged [A] band they called the Diggers [E] came to show the people's
will.
They defied the landlords, _ they defied [B] the laws.
They were [A] the dispossessed, [B] reclaiming
[E] what was _ theirs.
We come in peace, they said, to dig and [B] sow.
We [A] come to work the lands in common [E] and to
make the waste grounds grow.
This earth divided, _ we [B] will make whole.
So it will be a common
treasury [E] for all.
The sin of property, _ we do _ [B]
disdain.
No man [A] has any right to buy and sell the [E] earth.
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private game by theft and murder.
_ They took the [B] _ land, [A] now everywhere the [B] walls spring
up at [E] their command.
They make the laws, they chain us [B] well.
The [A] clergy dazzle us with heaven
or they [E] damp us into hell.
We will not worship the [B] God they serve.
The God [A] of green who feeds
[B] the rich while [E] poor men starve.
We work, we eat together, we need [B] no swords.
We will [A] not
bow to the masters [E]
or pay rent to the lords.
We are free men, though we [B] are poor.
You [A] diggers
all stand [B] up for glory, [E] stand up _ now. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ From the men of property, _ the [B] orders came.
They sent [A] the hired men and troopers [E] to wipe
out the Diggers' claim, tear down their cottages, _ _ [B] destroy their corn.
They were dispersed but
still the vision [E] lingers on.
_ You poor take courage, you rich [B] take care.
This earth [A] was
made a common treasury [E] for everyone to share all things in common.
All [B] three for one.
[E] We
[A] come in peace, the [B] orders came [E] to cut them down. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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