song : sons of liberty
artist : frank turner
album : poetry of the deed
tuning : standard
note : i think there’s something going on in the verses before the D chord goes back to
the E chord , but i can’t quite pin it down . A – maj just doesn’t sound right .
verse 1
E D
once an honest man could go from sunrise to its set
D E
without encountering agents of his state or government .
E D
but a sorry cloud of tyranny has fallen across the land ,
D E
brought on by the hollow men , who did not understand
E D
that for centuries our forefathers have fought and often died
D E
to keep themselves unto themselves , to fight the rising tide ,
E D
and that if in the smallest battles we surrender to the state ,
D E
we enter in a darkness whence we never shall escape .
bridge
F# B E B
A
when they raise their hands up our lives to possess ,
F# B E B A
to know our souls , to drag us down , we’ll resist .
verse 2
E D
watt tyler led the people in 1381
D E
to meet the king at smithfield and issue this demand :
E D
that winchesters should be the only law across the land ,
D E
the law of old king alfred’s time , of free and honest men .
E D
because the people then they understood what we have since forgot :
D E
that governments will only work for its own benefit .
E D
and id rather stand up naked against the elements alone
D E
than give the hollow men the right to enter in my home .
bridge
F# B E B
A
when they raise their hands up our lives to possess ,
F# B E B A
to know our souls , to drag us down , we’ll resist .
solo :
chords :
E – E
E – E – E – D – E – E – D
– A – E ( x4 )
E
chorus ( first two times no guitar , guitar on third and fourth time )
E D A E
stand up sons of liberty and fight for what you own .
E D A E
stand up sons of liberty and fight , fight for your homes .
outro
E D
so if ever a man should ask you for your business , or your name ,
D E
tell him to go and fxxk himself , tell his friends to do the same .
E D
because a man who’d trade his liberty for a safe and dreamless sleep
D E
doesn’t deserve the both of them , and neither shall he keep .
song : sons of liberty
artist : frank turner
album : poetry of the deed
tuning : standard
note : i think there’s something going on in the verses before the D chord goes back to
the E chord , but i can’t quite pin it down . A – maj just doesn’t sound right .
verse 1
E D
once an honest man could go from sunrise to its set
D E
without encountering agents of his state or government .
E D
but a sorry cloud of tyranny has fallen across the land ,
D E
brought on by the hollow men , who did not understand
E D
that for centuries our forefathers have fought and often died
D E
to keep themselves unto themselves , to fight the rising tide ,
E D
and that if in the smallest battles we surrender to the state ,
D E
we enter in a darkness whence we never shall escape .
bridge
F# B E B
A
when they raise their hands up our lives to possess ,
F# B E B A
to know our souls , to drag us down , we’ll resist .
verse 2
E D
watt tyler led the people in 1381
D E
to meet the king at smithfield and issue this demand :
E D
that winchesters should be the only law across the land ,
D E
the law of old king alfred’s time , of free and honest men .
E D
because the people then they understood what we have since forgot :
D E
that governments will only work for its own benefit .
E D
and id rather stand up naked against the elements alone
D E
than give the hollow men the right to enter in my home .
bridge
F# B E B
A
when they raise their hands up our lives to possess ,
F# B E B A
to know our souls , to drag us down , we’ll resist .
solo :
chords :
E – E
E – E – E – D – E – E – D
– A – E ( x4 )
E
chorus ( first two times no guitar , guitar on third and fourth time )
E D A E
stand up sons of liberty and fight for what you own .
E D A E
stand up sons of liberty and fight , fight for your homes .
outro
E D
so if ever a man should ask you for your business , or your name ,
D E
tell him to go and fxxk himself , tell his friends to do the same .
E D
because a man who’d trade his liberty for a safe and dreamless sleep
D E
doesn’t deserve the both of them , and neither shall he keep .
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