Bragg Billy

Bragg Billy - St Swithins Day guitar tab

Here's Billy Bragg's "St. Swithins Day" off of Back to

Basics. Timing is everything here, so listen to the record

too. With the main picking pattern, during the verses and

the first two times in the intro, the high E string isn't picked

- everywhere else the progression shows up, it is. A case

could be made that the C/G is really Gsus4, but the latter

sounds better to me. On the last line of the verse (F, C, G)

stress the bass strings. Capo on 2nd fret.

Chords

C/F xx3010 F xx321x

C/E xx2010 Am x02210

C x32010 G* xx543x

C/G 3x2010 G 320003

Intro C/F C/E C C/G G (2 times w/o high E, next two with)

C/G G C/G G C/G G

C/F C/E C C/G G

Thinking back now

C/F C/E C C/G G

I suppose you were just stating your views

C/F C/E C C/G G

What was it all for

C/F C/E C C/G G

For the weather or the battle of Agincourt

F G*

And the times that we all hoped would last

Am (pick through)

Like a train they have gone by so fast

F C G

And though we stood together at the edge of the platform

We were not moved by them

*Intro pattern again 2 xs with high E)*

*same*

With my own hands

When I make love to your memory

It's not the same

I miss the thunder

I miss the rain

And the fact that you don't understand

Cast a shadow over this land

But the sun still shines from behind it

*same*

Thanks all the same

But I just can't bring myself to answer your letters

It's not your fault

But your honesty touches me like a fire

The polaroids that hold us together

Will surely fade away

Like the love that we spoke of forever

On St. Swithins Day

*Intro with high E and fade into cool keyboard thing*\Z

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