Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 17:55:16 +0000 (Z)
From: «Boulton, Nic»
Subject: CRD: /b/Bragg_Billy/World_turned_upside_down.crd
From the Between the Wars EP, or the CD version of Life’s a Riot
[intro]:
Droning E
[verse]:
E B
In sixteen forty nine to St George’s Hill
A E
A ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples’
Will
E B
They defied the Landlords, they defied the laws
A B E
They were the dispossessed, reclaiming what was theirs
E B
«we come in peace» they said, to dig and sow
A E
We come to work the lands in common and to make the wastegrounds
Grow
E B
This earth divided, we will make whole
A B E
So it will be a common treasury for all
E B
The sin of property, we do disdain
A E
No man has any right to buy and sell the earth for private gain
E B
By theft and murder they took the land
A B E
Now everywhere the walls spring up at their command
E B
They make the laws to chain us well
A E
The clergy dazzle us with heaven or they damn us into hell
E B
We will not worship the god they serve
A B E
The god of greed who feeds the rich while poor man starve
E B
We work, we eat together we need no swords
A E
We will not bow to the masters or pay rent to the lords
E B
We are free men, though we are poor
A B E
You diggers all stand up for glory stand up now
E B
From the men of property, the orders came
A E
They sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers’
Claim
E B
Tear down their cottages, destroy their corn
A B E
They were dispersed, but still the vision lingers on
E B
You poor take courage, you rich take care
A E
This earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share
E B
All things in common, all people one
A B E
We come in peace, the orders came to cut them down
Chords
EADGBe
022100 — E
799877 — B
577655 — A
For that nice Mr Bebbington and his mates
Nic
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