- Ontario, Quebec And Me
You don't need my Christmas cards You already have my heart This has been a holiday romance Right from the very start For we know how to spend the time Who car...
- Price I Pay
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- Price i Pay
From
[email protected] (Francois Rousseau) Subject: AOTW: Billy Bragg: The Price I Pay Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 05:48:24 GMT The Price I Pay (Billy Br...
- Qualifications
With my qualifications With my qualifications I could get me a job walking a dog Chopping a log, cleaning a bog With my qualifications With my qualifications ...
- Raglan Road
E: 23 Mar 1998 11:39:47 Z From: "Boulton, Nic" Subject: b/bragg_billy/raglan_road.crd Lyrics by the Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh, music from the traditional Fб...
- Remember The Mountain Bed
Do you still sing of the mountain bed we made of limbs and leaves: Do you still sigh there near the sky where the holly berry bleeds: You laughed as I covered y...
- Richard
Richard belongs to Jayne And Jayne belongs to yesterday How can I go on When every alpha particle hides a neon nucleus Neil belongs to love And love belongs to...
- Rotting On Remand
I stood before the Judge that day As he refused me bail And I knew that I would spend my time Awaiting trial in jail I said there is no justice As they led me o...
- Rule Nor Reason
The wind sways the trees and the raindrops on the leaves Tumble down, down my neck in the breeze Yes, it's true I hid out in the shadow of your doubt, And this...
- Rumours Of War
There are soldiers marching on the common today They were there again this evening They paced up and down like sea birds on the ground Before the storm clouds g...
- Saturday Boy
From:
[email protected] (William Vaughan) Subject: Re: Saturday Boy - Billy Bragg Capo at the 2nd fret here. Here are the chrds D x...
- Saturday Boy
From:
[email protected] (William Vaughan) Subject: Re: Saturday Boy - Billy Bragg Capo at the 2nd fret here. Here are the chrds D x5777xx ...
- Scholarship Is The Enemy Of Romance
Scholarship is the enemy of romance Where does that leave me? Alone in the rain again What happened to the weekend I planned with you? We didn't even get upstai...
- Scholarship is The Enemy of Romance
E: 13 Mar 1998 15:36:06 Z From: "Boulton, Nic" Subject: TAB:/b/Billy_Bragg/Scholarship_is_the_enemy_of_romance.tab From the other side of the Days like these s...
- Secret Of The Sea
Who can guess the secret of the sea? Who can guess the secret of the sea? If you can guess the secret of my love for you We can both know the secret of the sea...
- Sexuality
I've had relations with girls from many nations I've made passes at women of all classes And just because you're gay I won't turn you away If you stick around I...
- She Came Along To Me
Ten hundred books could I write you about her Because I felt if I could know her I would know all women And they've not been any too well known for brains and p...
- She's Got A New Spell
What is that sound Where is it coming from All around What are you running from Something you don't understand Something you cannot command Chorus: That's how ...
- She's Leaving Home
WORDS & MUSIC: Lennon/McCartney
- Shes Got a New Spell
From
[email protected] (Francois Rousseau) Subject: AOTW: Billy Bragg: She's Got A New Spell Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 05:49:38 GMT She's got a new spe...
- Shes Got A New Spell
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- Ship In My Harbour
A cakewalk down the gangplank full of greenbacks and Annapolis shoes From Jersey and Memphis, the home of the brave, and the home of the blues With voices like ...
- Shirley
Shirley, it’s so exciting to be sleeping here in this new room, Shirley, you’re my reason to get out of bed before noon Shirley, you know when we...
- Sin City
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- Sin City
From
[email protected] (Francois Rousseau) Subject: AOTW: Billy Bragg: Sin City Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 05:57:04 GMT Sin City Intro: G D G C G D C ...
- Someday, Some Morning, Sometime
Someday, some morning sometime, sometime I'd like to hold your hand in mine, Someday, some morning, sometime I'd like to tell you you're pretty and fine, Your ...
- Spacerace is Over
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:23:19 +0000 (Z) From: "Boulton, Nic" Subject: UPDATE : b/bragg_billy/spacerace_is_over.crd B/bragg_billy/spacerace_is_over.crd From W...
- St Swithin's Day
<<< <<< <<< Thinking back now, I suppose you were just stating your views What was it all for For the weather or the Battle of Aginc...
- St Swithins Day
From:
[email protected] (William Vaughan) Date: 20 Jul 1995 19:06:46 GMT Subject: CRD Billy Bragg's "St. Swithins Day" Here's Billy Bragg's "St...
- Stetson Kennedy
I done spent my last three cents Mailing my letter to the president I didn't make a show, I didn't make a dent So I'm swinging over to this independent gent Ste...
- Strange Things Happen
All winter long while I was locked in my room Your face at the window and my hair on the floor I was thinking of you All winter long while I was locked in my ro...
- Sugardaddy
Sugardaddy took me to wonderland Gave me so many presents I could not stand To see you I really couldn't stand to see you Sugardaddy took me far away On a holi...
- Sulk
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 22:13:02 +0000 From:
[email protected] Subject: /b/Billy_Bragg/Sulk.crd Sulk (Billy Bragg) ------------------- Written by Bill...
- Sulk
If you hate me, why don't you go? And if you love me, why don't you let me know? But you just won't give me an inch, so You just sulk Why do I want to hide whe...
- Talking With The Taxman About Poetry - Vladimir Mayakovsky (1926)
[Translated from the Russian by Peter Tempest] ---------------------------------------------- Sorry to bother you, Citizen taxman! No thanks... Don't worry... ...
- Tank Park Salute
Kiss me goodnight and say my prayers Leave the light on at the top of the stairs Tell me the names of the stars up in the sky A tree taps on the window pane Tha...
- Tank Park Salute
From:
[email protected] (Francois Rousseau) Tank Park Salute From the hit album "Don't Try This At Home" ---------------- I watched his hands ...
- Tender Comrade
What will you do when the war is over, tender comrade When we lay down our weary guns When we return home to our wives and families And look into the eyes of ou...
- Thatcherites
You Thatcherites by name, lend an ear, lend an ear You Thatcherites by name lend an ear You Thatcherites by name, your faults I will proclaim, Your doctrines I ...
- The Boy Done Good
The Boy Done Good Strange as it may seem, I once had my football dreams But I was always the last one, ...
- The Boy Done Good
E: 13 Mar 1998 15:35:51 Z From: "Boulton, Nic" Subject: CRD:/b/Bragg_Billy/The_boy_done_good.crd By Bragg/Marr Em Strange as it may seem D C/G I once had my...
- The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
The busy girl buys beauty The pretty girl buys style And the simple girl buys What she's told to buy And sees her world Through the brightly lit eyes Of the glo...
- The Few
At night the Baby Brotherhood and the Inter City Crew Fill their pockets up with calling cards And paint their faces red white and blue Then they go out seeking...
- The Fourteenth Of February
I wish that I could remember the first moment that we met If only I could remember that sweet moment when we met If I knew then that I Would spend the rest of m...
- The Home Front
Father mows the lawn and Mother peels the potatos Grandma lays the table alone And adjusts a photograph of the unknown soldier In this Holy of Holies,the Home A...
- The Homefront
Father mowsthe lawn and Mother peels the potatoes Grandma lays the table alone And adjusts a photograph of the unknown soldier In this Holy of Holies, the Home ...
- The Internationale
Stand up, all victims of oppression For the tyrants fear your might Don't cling so hard to your possessions For you have nothing, if you have no rights Let raci...
- The Man in The Iron Mask
Billy Bragg's "The Man in the Iron Mask". pretty correct as far as I can Tell but I'm sitting here in the dark with my 12-string, which is no fun To pick on, an...
- The Man In The Iron Mask
When he drops you off, I will not say Who was that who so quickly drove away... The things you've done and the places you've been When I open the door for you I...
- The Marching Song Of The Covert Battalions
Here we are, seeking out the Reds Trying to keep the communists in order Just remember when you're sleeping in your beds They're only two days drive from the Te...
- The Marriage
I understand you needing And wanting is no crime But I can't help feeling That you and your mother are just wasting your time Choosing Saturdays in Summer I da...
- The Milkman Of Human Kindness
If you're lonely, I will call - If you're poorly, I will send poetry I love you I am the milkman of human kindness I will leave an extra pint If you're sleeping...
- The Milkman of Human Kindness
From: "holmes" To: Subject: The Milkman Of Human Kindness by Billy Bragg Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:08:33 -0000 Billy Bragg - The Milkman Of Human Kindness A...
- The Myth Of Trust
I woke up this morning To find that we have outlived the myth of trust You woke up this morning To the fact we've lost the things We took for granted between us...
- The Only One
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- The Only One
Sometimes when you lose your way to me I think you don't care at all If you don't get here soon I'll tear that clock down from the wall Your family and friends ...
- The Only One
The Only One (Billy Bragg) Intro: E (7th) G#m (4th) C#m (4th) D#/B (main riff) Note: play main riff throughout all the verses Sometimes when you lose your ...
- The Passion
The fear of a daughter can run high In the mind of a father to be For something is growing inside But we don't talk about it, do we In the long empty passionle...
- The Price I Pay
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- The Price I Pay
My friend said she could see no way ahead And I was probably better off without you She said to face up to the fact that you weren't coming back And she could m...
- The Price i Pay
The Price I Pay (Billy Bragg) Intro: G Em C G D G Em My friend said she could see no way ahead A C A...
- The Red Flag
The people's flag is deepest red It shrouded oft our martyred dead And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold Their hearts' blood dyed to every fold Chorus: Then ...
- The Saturday Boy
I'll never forget the first day I met her That September morning was clear and fresh The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes And the way she rubbed herself Ag...
- The Short Answer
Between Marx and marzipan in the dictionary there was Mary Between the Deep Blue Sea and the Devil that was me If ever anyone could help me with my obsession wi...
- The Short Answer
- The Space Race Is Over
When I was young I told my mum I'm going to walk on the Moon someday Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to me From Houston and Cape Kennedy And I watched the Eagle land...
- The Tatler
WORDS & MUSIC: Cooder/Titleman
- The Unwelcome Guest
To the rich man's bright lodges I ride in this wind On my good horse I call you my shiny Black Bess To the playhouse of fortune to take the bright silver And go...
- The Warmest Room
From:
[email protected] (Amanda Mathiesen) Subject: Re: Billy Bragg - The Warmest Room In article , William Vaughan wrote: (Really creative lyrics delet...
- The Warmest Room
A rainy afternoon Spent in the warmest room She lay before me and said Yes it's true that I have seen some naked men As she made for the door Leaving me on the ...
- The World Turned Upside Down
In 1649 To St. George’s Hill, A ragged band they called the Diggers Came to show the people’s will They defied the landlords They defied the laws ...
- There Is Power In A Union
There is power in a factory, power in the land Power in the hands of a worker But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand There is power in a Union...
- There's Power in a Union
From: Nick
[email protected] This is a very powerful song about the union, and how great it is, inspired by Joe Hill, He is remembered by Billy Bragg a nu...
- Think Again
WORDS & MUSIC: Dick Gaughan
- This Guitar Says Sorry
Sandra met Raymond at the Race Relations Much to the dismay of her family and friends The love that we have is so important The time that it takes to make a ba...
- To Have And To Have Not
[email protected] (RAMI ZAKH) (and friend) Subject: CRD - BILLY BRAGG - To Have and To Have Not This one has a single repetitive riff that goes along i...
- To Have And To Have Not
Up in the morning and out to school Mother says there'll be no work next year Qualifications once the Golden Rule Are now just pieces of paper Just because you...
- To Have And to Have Not
Subject: CRD - BILLY BRAGG - To Have and To Have Not This one has a single repetitive riff that goes along it. Those of you who Know it will have no difficulty...
- Train Train
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- Train, Train
Written by Zenon Defleur. Published by Carlin Music Corp. Originally recorded by The Count Bishops in 1976 on a Chiswick Records single cat. no. SSA
- Trust
He's already been inside me And he really didn't say And I really didn't ask him I just hoped and prayed He's already been inside me And I really don't feel we...
- Upfield
E: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 16:40:44 +0000 (Z) From: "Boulton, Nic" Subject: TAB:/b/Bragg_Billy/Upfield.tab From William Bloke. I've tried to arrange the brass harmoni...
- Upfield
I'm going upfield, way up on the hillside I'm going higher than I've ever been before That's where you'll find me, over the horizon Wading in the river, reachin...
- Valentine's Day Is Over
Some day boy you'll reap what you've sown You'll catch a cold and you'll be on your own And you will see that what's wrong with me Is wrong with everyone that Y...
- Valentines Day Is Over
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- Valentines Day is Over
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- Waiting For The
B (twice, or as needed) A B E A B E Transcribed by the too, too solid flesh of Ben Reed; (flames to him at the above address, And as above, so below...) ==...
- Waiting For The
From:
[email protected] (Benjamin W Reed) Subject: CRD & lyrics for Great Leap Forwards Someone wanted the complete lyrics to Billy Bragg's Waiting ...
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
E: 13 Mar 1998 15:35:51 Z From: "Boulton, Nic" Subject: TAB:/b/Bragg_Billy/Waiting_for_the_Great_Leap_Forwards.tab From Workers' Playtime. Play these chord sha...
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
It may have been Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline But on the Che Guevara highway filling up with gasoline Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying O...
- Walk Away Renee
"Walk Away Renee" She said it was just a figment of speech And I said you mean 'figure' And she said no 'figment' because she could never imagine it happening ...
- Walk Away Renee
She said it was just a figment of speech And I said you mean 'figure' And she said no 'figment' because she could never imagine it happening But it did When we ...
- Walk Away Renee (Version)
She said it was just a figment of speech And I said "You mean figureAnd she said "No, figment Because she could never imagine it happening. But it ...
- Walt Whitman's Niece
Last night or the night before that, I won't say which night A seaman friend of mine, I'll not say which seaman, Walked up to a big old building, I won't say wh...
- Warmest Room
From:
[email protected] (Amanda Mathiesen) Subject: Re: Billy Bragg - The Warmest Room In article , William Vaughan wrote: (Really creative lyrics delet...
- Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
402 Dec 26 Cynthia Baran (2921) world's funniest joke I lived in a place called Okfuskee and I had a little girl in a holler tree I said,...
- Where The Roses Are In Bloom
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Where The Roses Are In Bloom Verse 1 They were [Bm]strolling in the gloaming Where the [Em]roses were in bloom A [G]soldier and his sweeth...
- Which Side Are You On_
This government had an idea And parliament made it law It seems like it's illegal To fight for the union any more Which side are you on, boys? Which side are y...
- Wish You Were Her
There's a girl sleeping in my bed And I'm singing unwritten songs in my head She provided bittersweet company I confided how much you mean to me And this time I...
- Wishing The Days Away
On Monday I wished it was Tuesday night So I could wish for the weekend to come On Tuesday I wished that the night would pass So I could call you on the phone N...