sweetheart on the barricade

Bm F# Bm F#
they closed up the sooty gates of ayres and company
Bm F# E7
we stood on the picket line , my jennifer and me
Bm F# E7
we blocked the street , now the lorries come and turn about
G
there’s nothing getting in there and there’s nothing getting out

D G D G
oh , she’s just a tender thing , she’s risking life and limb
Bm A G
my sweetheart’s on the barricade
D G D G
my heart it skips a beat , there’ll be fighting in the street
Bm A G
but hungry folk forget to be afraid
F# Bm E7 Bm F#
my sweetheart’s on the barricade

and here come the managers to hit us on the sly
and tinpot generals with glory in their eyes
owners , moaners , judases and janes
but righteousness is in our eyes , we’ve got no time for games

in her manner she is mild and fairly just a child
my sweetheart’s on the barricade
for a fair wage in her hand , the equal of a man
she’ll stand front rank in the parade
my sweetheart’s on the barricade

instrumental verses

D A
she’s running leaflets through the alley
D A F#
she’s passing hymn books at the rally . halleluiah!

G
friends and neighbours , won’t you join the cause
D
drill it in the tiny minds of them that make the laws
G
that workers are human , we’re really just the same
E7
we’ve got to have the nourishment to fill a human frame

Bm G Bm G
oh , we’re people not a mob and we only wants a job
Bm A G
my sweetheart’s on the barricade
Bm G Bm G
we’ve had it up to here , too numb to feel the fear
Bm A G
my sweetheart’s on the barricade
Em F#m Em F#m
my heart it skips a beat there’ll be fighting in the street
Em F# Bm
my sweetheart’s on the barricade

by : jose duarte
jtduarte1@gmail . com