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Billy Bragg - Between The Wars guitar tab

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Subject: b/bragg_billy/between_the_wars.tab

Date: 02 Jul 1997 21:48:38 +0100

From: "Boulton, Nic"

On the single (AGOEP1) and the CD version of Life's a Riot, but this is

tabbed from a live arrangement. Play these chord shapes with a capo at

the 5th fret to be in key (C) with the recording.

G Am C (G) D Em C D G C

e -------------------------------2*-------------(2)---------------------

B ---------1----1----------------3*----0------1--3----------------------

G ----0---2----0-----------------2*----0------0--2--0-------------------

D ---0---2----2----0-----------0-------2------2--0--0--2--222222-2------

A --2---0----3--------3--2bp0---------2-------3-----2--3--333333-3-2-0--

E -3---------------------------------0--------------3------------------3

[----muted----]

G Am C (G) D Em C D G

e -------------------------------2--------------(2)---------------2-3-3-

B --------11---1-----------------3-3---0------1--3----------------3-3-3-

G ----0---20---00----------------2-2---0------0--2--0-------------2-2-2-

D ---0---2----2----0-----------0-------2------2--0--0-------------------

A --22--0----3--------3--2bp0---------2-------3-----2-------------------

E -3---------------------------------0--------------3-------------------

I w miner I a do-o-ck-er I rlwymn btwn t wars

D Em C (G) D Em C D G

e ----2--------0--------------------------2--------------2--------------

B ----3-3------0-------1------------------3----0*-----1--3--------------

G --2---2------0-0-----0------------------2----0*-----0--2--0-----------

D -0-------------0---2---2--0-0---------0------2*-----2--0--0-----------

A -----------2------3-----------3-2bp0--------2-------3-----2-----------

E ----------0--------------------------------0--------------3-----------

I raised family times aus--terity swt fndry btwn the wars

D Em C G D

e -2-2--0---------------0---------2-----------------------------------2*

B -3-3--0-----0----1-1---0--(0)---3-[let ring]------------------------3*

G -2-2---0----0----0-0---0---0----2-----------------------------------2*

D -0-0---0----2----2-2----0--0----0-----------------------------------0-

A -----------2-----3-3----0--2------------------------------------------

E ----------0--------------0-3------------------------------------------

I pd the union as tms gt hdr I looked to t govt to help working man

G Am C (G) D Em C D G

e -------------------------------2*---------------(2)-------------------

B ---------1----1----------------3*----0--------1--3--------------------

G ----0---2----0-----------------2*----0--------0--2--0-----------------

D ---0---2----2----0-----------0-------2--------2--0--0----2-2222222----

A --2---0----3--------3--2bp0---------2---------3-----2----3-3333333-20-

E -3---------------------------------0----------------3----------------3

bt thy pty down ar-mou--ry armng pce boys btwn the wars

G Am C G D Em C D

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

D Em C G D Em C D G

I raised a family, in times of austerity, with sweat at the foundry b t w

D Em C G D

I paid the union, then as times got harder, I looked to the government to

help the working man

G Am C G D Em

but they brought prosperity down at the armoury, we're arming for peace,

C D G C

see boys, between the wars

G Am C G D Em C

I kept the faith and I kept voting, not for the iron fist but for the

D

helping hand

D Em C G D Em

for theirs is a land with a wall around it and mine is a faith in my

C D G

fellow man

D Em G D

theirs is a land of hope and glory, mine is the greenfield and the

factory floor

G Am C G D Em

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

C D G

between the wars

G Am C G D Em

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

C D

cradle to grave

D Em C G D Em

and I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a

C D G

living wage

D Em C G D

go find the young men, never to fight again, bring up the banners from

the

days gone

by

G Am C G D Em C D

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

G C G

wars

On the first couple of bars of the intro, rest the heel of your hand on

the bridge/bass strings,to mute them a bit

* means strum hard then mute the strings immediately after hitting them

--2bp0-- means slightly bend the string as you do the pull-off

Nic

Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com

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