Billy Bragg - Between The Wars

billy – bragg between the wars

he’s playing the song with a capo but this is the chords if you are playing without one .

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i was a miner , i was a docker , i was a railwayman between the wars

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i raised a family , in times of austerity , with sweat at the foundry between
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the wars

A Bm G D A
i paid the union , as times got harder , i looked to the government to

help the working man

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but they brought prosperity down at the armoury , we’re arming for peace ,
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me boys , between the wars

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i kept the faith and i kept voting , not for the iron fist but for the
A
helping hand

A Bm G D A Bm G
for theirs is a land with a wall around it and mine is a faith in my
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fellow man

A Bm G D A
theirs is a land of hope and glory , mine is the greenfield and the

factory floor

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theirs are the skies all dark with bombers and mine is the peace we knew
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between the wars

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call up the craftsman , bring me the draughtsman , build me a path from
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cradle to grave

A Bm G D A Bm
and i’ll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man A
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living wage
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go find the young men , never to fight again , bring up the banners from
the

days gone by

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sweet moderation , heart of this nation , desert us not we are between the
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wars