I used the acoustic version from "Dream Sweet Dreams" CD1 to tab this.
It sounds great at a gentle pace with open ringing chords.
Chords Used:
E A D G B E
E --------------------- O 2 2 1 O O
E7 O 2 O 1 3 O
A --------------------- O O 2 2 2 O
C#m 4 4 6 6 5 4
B --------------------- 2 2 4 4 4 2
Am O O 2 2 1 O
Verse:
E ----------------------------
Jock's got a vote in parochia.
E7 -------------------------------------
Ten long years, and we've still got her.
A ------------------------
Paying tax and doing stir.
C#m ---------- B ----
Worry about it later.
------- E -------------------------------------
And the wind blows hard and the wind blows cold
------ E7 ------------------------------
But it blows us good so we've been told.
A ------------------------------------
Music's food 'til the "art-biz" folds.
C#m ------------ B ------
Let them all eat culture.
Chorus:
--- E -- E7 ----------- A --- E ----
The past is filled with shame
----- A ----- Am -- E ---
But tomorrow's fair game.
----- E -- E7 ----------- A --- E ----
For a life that's fit for living;
A -- Am ---- E ------
Good Morning Britain.
(Verse 2 as before)
Twenty years and a loaded gun.
Funerals, fear and the war's not won.
Paddy's just a figure of fun.
It lightens up the danger.
And a corporal sneers at a Catholic boy
And eyes his gun like a rich man's toy.
He's killing more than Celtic joy.
Death is not a stranger.
Taffy's time's gonna come one day.
It's a loud sweet voice and it won't give way.
A house is not a holiday.
Your son's are leaving home Neil.
In the hills and the valleys and far away
You can hear the song of democracy.
The echo of eternity
With a "rakka-rakka" feel.
[Instrumental - from "Skye Boat Song"]
(Play x2)
E --- E7 --- A --- B ---
E --- A --- E ----------
(Verse 3 as before)
From the Tyne to where the Thames does flow
My English brothers and sisters know
It's not a case of where you go,
It's race and creed and colour.
From the police cell to the deep dark grave
On the underground's just a stop a way.
Don't be too black, don't be to gay,
Just get a little duller.
But in this green and pleasant land
Where I make my home I'll make my stand.
Make it cool just to be a man.
A uniform's a traitor.
Love is international
So if you stand or if yo fall
Just let them know you gave your all.
Worry about it later.
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