Chords for Dick Gaughan - World Turned Upside Down (BBC 1982)
Tempo:
137.65 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[B]
[E]
[B] [E]
1649, St George's Hill, [B] a [A] ragged band they called the Diggers came [E] to show the [B] people's
will, they [E] defied the landlords, they defied the laws, [B] the wealth they [A]
[E] dispossessed reclaiming
what was theirs.
We come in peace, they said, to dig [B] and sow, we [A] come to work the land in common and [E] to
make the [B] wasteland grow, this earth [E] divided we will [B] make whole.
[A] So it can be a [E] common treasury for all, the sin of poverty [B] we do this deal, [E] no one [A] has
any right to buy and sell [E] the earth for private [B] gain by [E] theft and murder.
They took the land, [A] now everywhere the walls [E] rise up at their command, they make the laws
to chain us well, [B] the [A] clergy dazzle us with heaven, for [E] they damn us into hell.
We will not worship the God they [B] serve, [A] the God of grain who feeds [E] the rich while poor men starve.
We work, we eat together, we need no swords, we [A] will not bow to masters [E] or parents or [B] the
Lords, we are [E] free men though we are [B] poor.
[A] You diggers all stand up [E] for glory, stand up now.
[B]
[E]
From the men of poverty the orders [B] came, [A] sent the hired men and troopers [E] to wipe out the
diggers, claim, tear down their cottages, destroy their corn.
[B]
They were [A] dispersed, [E] only the vision lingers on.
You poor take courage, you rich take care, [B] the earth [A] was made a common treasury [E] for everyone
to share all things in common, all people [B] one.
[A] We come in peace, the [E] order came to cut them down.
[B] [E]
[N]
[B]
[E]
[B] [E]
1649, St George's Hill, [B] a [A] ragged band they called the Diggers came [E] to show the [B] people's
will, they [E] defied the landlords, they defied the laws, [B] the wealth they [A]
[E] dispossessed reclaiming
what was theirs.
We come in peace, they said, to dig [B] and sow, we [A] come to work the land in common and [E] to
make the [B] wasteland grow, this earth [E] divided we will [B] make whole.
[A] So it can be a [E] common treasury for all, the sin of poverty [B] we do this deal, [E] no one [A] has
any right to buy and sell [E] the earth for private [B] gain by [E] theft and murder.
They took the land, [A] now everywhere the walls [E] rise up at their command, they make the laws
to chain us well, [B] the [A] clergy dazzle us with heaven, for [E] they damn us into hell.
We will not worship the God they [B] serve, [A] the God of grain who feeds [E] the rich while poor men starve.
We work, we eat together, we need no swords, we [A] will not bow to masters [E] or parents or [B] the
Lords, we are [E] free men though we are [B] poor.
[A] You diggers all stand up [E] for glory, stand up now.
[B]
[E]
From the men of poverty the orders [B] came, [A] sent the hired men and troopers [E] to wipe out the
diggers, claim, tear down their cottages, destroy their corn.
[B]
They were [A] dispersed, [E] only the vision lingers on.
You poor take courage, you rich take care, [B] the earth [A] was made a common treasury [E] for everyone
to share all things in common, all people [B] one.
[A] We come in peace, the [E] order came to cut them down.
[B] [E]
[N]
Key:
E
B
A
E
B
A
E
B
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ 1649, St George's Hill, [B] a [A] ragged band they called the Diggers came [E] to show the [B] people's
will, they [E] defied the landlords, they defied the laws, _ [B] the wealth they [A] _
[E] dispossessed reclaiming
what was theirs.
We come in peace, they said, to dig [B] and sow, we [A] come to work the land in common and [E] to
make the [B] wasteland grow, this earth [E] divided _ we will [B] make whole.
[A] So it can be a [E] common treasury for all, the sin of poverty [B] we do this deal, [E] no one [A] has
any right to buy and sell [E] the earth for private [B] gain by [E] theft and murder.
They took the land, _ [A] now everywhere the walls [E] rise up at their command, they make the laws
to chain us well, [B] the [A] clergy dazzle us with heaven, for [E] they damn us into hell.
We will not worship the God they [B] serve, [A] the God of grain who feeds [E] the rich while poor men starve.
We work, we eat together, we need no swords, we [A] will not bow to masters [E] or parents or [B] the
Lords, we are [E] free men though we are [B] poor.
[A] You diggers all stand up [E] for glory, stand up now.
_ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ From the men of poverty _ the orders [B] came, [A] sent the hired men and troopers [E] to wipe out the
diggers, claim, tear down their cottages, destroy their corn.
[B]
They were [A] dispersed, [E] only the vision _ lingers on.
_ _ You poor take courage, you rich take care, [B] the earth [A] was made a common treasury [E] for everyone
to share all things in common, all people [B] one.
[A] We come in peace, the [E] order came to cut them down.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ 1649, St George's Hill, [B] a [A] ragged band they called the Diggers came [E] to show the [B] people's
will, they [E] defied the landlords, they defied the laws, _ [B] the wealth they [A] _
[E] dispossessed reclaiming
what was theirs.
We come in peace, they said, to dig [B] and sow, we [A] come to work the land in common and [E] to
make the [B] wasteland grow, this earth [E] divided _ we will [B] make whole.
[A] So it can be a [E] common treasury for all, the sin of poverty [B] we do this deal, [E] no one [A] has
any right to buy and sell [E] the earth for private [B] gain by [E] theft and murder.
They took the land, _ [A] now everywhere the walls [E] rise up at their command, they make the laws
to chain us well, [B] the [A] clergy dazzle us with heaven, for [E] they damn us into hell.
We will not worship the God they [B] serve, [A] the God of grain who feeds [E] the rich while poor men starve.
We work, we eat together, we need no swords, we [A] will not bow to masters [E] or parents or [B] the
Lords, we are [E] free men though we are [B] poor.
[A] You diggers all stand up [E] for glory, stand up now.
_ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ From the men of poverty _ the orders [B] came, [A] sent the hired men and troopers [E] to wipe out the
diggers, claim, tear down their cottages, destroy their corn.
[B]
They were [A] dispersed, [E] only the vision _ lingers on.
_ _ You poor take courage, you rich take care, [B] the earth [A] was made a common treasury [E] for everyone
to share all things in common, all people [B] one.
[A] We come in peace, the [E] order came to cut them down.
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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