Debris I left you on the debris of the sunday morning market searching through odds and ends i was looking for a bargain. Heard your footsteps at the front door and that old familiar love song I knew you'd find me waiting there at the top of the stairs. I've been there and back just to see how far it is you, you tried to tell me but i had to learn for myself Trouble at the depot with the general workers union said it'll never change a thing they wont fight but they're not working Oh you were my hero now you're just my good friend I've been there and back now i know how far it is. I left you on the debris now we both know you've got no money and i wonder what you would have done without me hanging around. ----------------------------------------- Greetings To The New Brunette ----------------------------- Shirley, it's quite 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 sat out on the fire escape talking Shirley, what did you say about running before we were walking Sometimes when we are as close as this It's like we're in a dream How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team Shirley, your sexual politics have left me all of a muddle Shirley, we are joined in the ideological cuddle I'm celebrating my love to you With a pint of beer and a new tattoo And if you haven't noticed yet I'm more impressionable when my cement is wet Politics and pregnancy Are debated as we empty our glasses And how I love those evening classes Shirley, you really know how to make a young man angry Shirley, could we get through the night without mentioning family The people from your church agree It's not much of a career Trying the handles of parked cars Whoops,there goes another year Whoops,there goes another pint of beer Here we are in our summer years Living on ice-cream and chocolate kisses Would the leaves fall from the trees If I was your old man and you were my missus Shirley, give my greetings to the new brunette Greetings to the new brunette... ----------------------------------- Life With The Lions (Billy Bragg) intro: D Bm D Bm A D Bm D Bm

I^D hate the ars^Gehole I bec^Aome Everytime ^GI'm with you You^D know you've g^Got me on the r^Aun But let me make it c^Glear to you It's taken^Bm two fools suc^Gh as we To make lo^Ave deaf, dumb and bl^Gind Now you'^Dre upset 'cos ^GI can't read your m^Aind love^G You're up^Dset 'cos I ^Gcan't read your m^Dind ^Bm ^D ^Bm ^D ^Bm ^A ^D ^Bm ^D ^Bm

I^D hate the ars^Gehole I be^Acome Everytime I'm ^Gwith you I g^Det the feeling loo^Gking in your ey^Aes That somehow I s^Ghould forgive you I ^Bmknow that I'm gu^Gilty but I d^Aon't know what I've d^Gone You're n^Dot about to l^Get me join in the f^Dun are y^Gou You're n^Dot about to l^Get me join in the f^Dun^Bm ^D ^Bm ^D ^Bm ^A ^D ^Bm ^D ^Bm

I ha^Dte the arse^Ghole I becom^Ae Everytime I'^Gm with you I ha^Dte the way you t^Gry to give me b^Aack All the things I g^Give to you I kn^Bmow when I lea^Gve the room They sa^Ay what's up with hi^Gm But lo^Dve is not a ga^Gme you play to w^Din girl^G Lov^De is not a ga^Gme you play to w^Din^Bm ^D ^Bm ^D ^Bm ^A ^D ^Bm ^D ^Bm

D G A G D G A G

If that f^Bmace of yours could o^Gnly talk The sto^Aries it could t^Gell The ch^Dase is always bet^Gter than the k^Dill, lov^Ge D G D D Bm... The chase is always better than the kill

------------------------------------- Little Time Bomb (Billy Bragg)

^GOne's of them off her food ^CAnd the other's of^Gf his head And b^Emoth of them are off^G down the bo^Dozer ^CTo drink a to^Gast ^CTo the one tha^Gt he hates most And she s^Emays there are no ^Gwinner, only ^Dlosers ^G

^GWell if there are ^Emno winners Then w^Chat is this he^G thinks As he wa^Emtches her compl^Gete a lap of hono^Dur ^CAnd he sits in the st^Gands With his ^Chead in his ^Ghands And he thi^Emnks of all the thin^Ggs He'd like to ^Dbring down upon^G her

^GRevenge will bring c^Emold comfort in this^C darkest ho^Gur As the juke^Gbox say^Cs 'It's All^D Over Now^G' And he stan^Emds and he scre^Gams What have I do^Cne wron^Gg I've f^Dallen in lov^Eme with a litt^Cle time bo^Gmb I've f^Dallen in lov^Eme with a litt^Cle time bo^Gmb

^C In pub^Glic he's su^Amch a ma^Gn He's pun^Cching at the wa^Glls with his b^Amare ad blood^Gy hands He's scr^Ceaming and sho^Guting and act^Aming cra^Gzy But at ho^Cme he sits alone and he^D cries like a baby Oh he ^Gholds your let^Emters but he^C can't re^Gad them As he fi^Gghts this loneline^Css that you^D call fr^Geedom You said^Em this would ha^Gppen and you^C were not wr^Gong I've fa^Dllen in l^Emove with a little^C time bo^Gmb I've fa^Dllen in l^Emove with a little^C time bo^Gmb

------------------------------------ Must I paint you a picture (Billy Bragg) intro: C - G - Am

^CIt's bad tim^Geing and m^Fe We find a l^Got of things out this way ^C And the^Gre's you A little bl^Fack cloud in a dres^Gs ^CThe temptat^Gion To take the prec^Amious things w^Fe have a part To se^Ce how they wor^Gk ^C Must be resi^Gsted for they never fit tog^Amether again ^F ^C ^GIf this is rain let it f^Amall on me and drown me ^GIf these are tears let^Am them fall ^G

Must I paint you a pi^Ccture ^G ^Am About the way that I^C feel ^G ^Am You know that my love for you ^Cis strong g^Amirl ^G You know that my love for you ^Cis real^Am ^G

^CIt took a sho^Grt walk and a ta^Flk To change the ru^Gles of engagement ^C While you searc^Ghed frantically for rev^Ferse ^G ^CAnd then cla^Giming That vir^Amtue never tes^Fted is no vi^Crtue at al^Al ^CAnd so ^GI lost my ignoran^Amce F-G Am And now the bells across the river chime out your name ^GI look across to them a^Amgain ^G (chorus)

^EmAll your friends sais come dow^Cn It will never fly

And on that impe^Frfect day We threw it al^Gl away C^Emrisis after crisis, w^Amith such intensity ^FThis would never happen if we lived ^Gby the sea

^CMost impo^Grtant decisions in life ^F Are made betwee^Gn two people in bed ^C I found th^Gat at my own expens^Fe ^G ^CAnd when I se^Ge you You juts tu^Amrn around and w^Falk away like ^Cwe never m^Get ^C Oh ^Gwe used to be so br^Amave ^F ^GI dreamt the wolrd stopped tur^Amning as we climbed the h^Gill I dreamt impossible dre^Amams that we were lovers still ^G (chorus)

------------------------------------------- Ontario, Quebec and me (Billy Bragg)

^GYou don't need my Ch^Dristmas ca^Grd, You alr^Emeady h^Dave my hea^Crt. ^GThis has been an hol^Diday roman^Gce, ^AmTry from the very st^Cart.^D

chorus:

For we know how t^Co spend the ti^Gme, Who ca^Emres about the w^Ceather. We'll^G dance in the town 'till the s^Dun goes do^Gwn, And pu^Emsh our be^Dd toget^Cher.

F^Grom the land of the midnight su^Dnglasse^Gs, To the mo^Emuntain o^Df the mo^Con. Y^Gou could never stay in b^Ded too lo^Gng, I'll ne^Amver come back too s^Coon. ^D

(chorus)

^GYou know ho^Emw a fo^Dol I a^Gm, With my sho^Crt attent^Dion spa^Gn. Flying in t^Che really^D season t^Emoo, Nothing could kee^Cp me awa^Dy from yo^Gu.

BREAK (same chords than a verse) (chorus) ----------------------------------------------- Rotting On Remand (Billy Bragg)

^CI stood before the judge that day As h^Fe refused my b^Cail

And I knew that I would spend my time

Awaiting trial in ^Gjail I s^Caid there is no justice As they l^Fed me out of the d^Coor And the ju^Fdge said, "This isn't a cour^Ct of justice son This i^Gs a court of la^Cw".

^CThey first sent me to Windsor And t^Fhen to Stoke on Tr^Cent

In a holding cell in Liverpool

Three days and nights I s^Gpent My so^Clicitor can't find me And my fa^Fmily don't k^Cnow I keep t^Felling them that I'm inno^Ccent They (just) say, "C^Gome on son, in ^Cyou go.^C7"

I was pi^Fcked up on suspicion of som^Cething I haven't done C B/C A/C G/C c G Here I sit in 'F' wing waiting for my trial to come It's a crue^Fl unusual punishment that soc^Ciety dema^Fnds Innocent till proven gui^Clty, ro^Gtting on rem^Cand

F C G C A7

I en^Dded up in this jail Built in 1^G8-82 ^D

When one man to one prison cell

Was a Victorian va^Alue Now th^Dree of us are squeezed in here And you ca^Gn't escape the s^Dmell Of that buc^Gket in the co^Drner And we ^Aeat in here as we^Dll

They let me out of this cage

To sl^Gop that bucket o^Dut To get my food and bring it back And if I'm lucky, get a sh^Aower Ap^Dart from one hours exercise I'm loc^Gked in here all da^Dy You don't tu^Grn criminals into ci^Dtizens By trea^Ating them this w^Day ^D7

Is the pri^Gze of law and order the ste^Dnch of Wormwood Scrubs With jud^Dges ^C#/Dquick to^B/D senten^A/Dce sending more down from ^Aabove G D g It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands Innocent till proven gui^Dlty, ro^Atting on re^Dmand G D A D ...

-------------------------------------- She's got a new spell (Billy Bragg) (Capo 5e fret) intro: D G A D G A

What is that s^Dound Where is it c^Goming from^A All aroun^Dd What are you run^Gning from ^A Something you d^Bmon't unde^Arstand ^D Something y^Gou cannot co^Emmmand

That's how I kn^Dow She's got a n^Gew spell ^A Yes, that's how ^DI know That she's got a new s^Gpell ^A

What's going do^Dwn Who's mov^Ged this room from ro^Aund me Where has it gon^De ^GI fear this night will dr^Aown me So I l^Bmie awake a^All ni^Dght 'Cos I c^Gan't sleep with some^Emthing I can't fight ^D

Bm A D

The laws of g^Gravity are v^Aery, very str^Bmict ^A ^D And you're just be^Gnding them for yo^Aur won benefit ^Bm ^A ^D

D G A D G A Bm A D D G A D G A D G A Bm A D

The laws of gra^Gvity are ve^Ary, very str^Bmict ^A ^D And you're just be^Gnding them for y^Aour won benefit ^Bm ^A ^D

One minute she says

She's go^Gne to get the c^Aat in The next thing I k^Dnow She's mumb^Gling in Lat^Ain bm A D She cut the starts out of the sky And^G baked them in ^Ema pie

That's how I kn^Dow She's got a n^Gew spell^A Yes, that's how ^DI know That she's got a new spe^Gll ^A She stole the s^Bmcene and t^Ahe scener^Dy The ^Gscript and the^Em machinery That's how I kn^Dow She's got a n^Gew spe^All Yes, that's how ^DI know That she's got a new s^Gpell ^A ^Bm ^A ^D

------------------------------ Sin City Intro: G D G C G D C G

This old t^Gown 's filled with ^Dsin It'll s^Gwallow you i^Cn If you^G got some money to bu^Drn Take it h^Gome right aw^Day You've got t^Ghree years to ^Cpay The c^Gity is waitin^Dg his tur^Gn ^G7

(chorus)

This ol^Cd earthquake 's gonna le^Dave me in the p^Goor house ^G7 It seem^Cs like this o^Gld town 's ins^Dane On the thi^Crty-first flo^Dor, a g^Gold plated d^Coor Won't ke^Gep out the lo^Drd's burning ra^Gin ^G ^D ^G ^C ^G ^D ^C ^G

The^G scientist s^Day, it will a^Gll wash a^Cway But ^Gwe don't, believe anym^Dore So we g^Got our recr^Duit And a g^Green mohair s^Cuit So pl^Gease show your I.^DD. at the do^Gor ^G7

(chorus)

A fri^Gend came aro^Dund, tried to cle^Gan up this to^Cwn His id^Geas made some people m^Dad But he thr^Gusted his cro^Dwd, so he sp^Goke right o^Cut loud And they^G lost the bes^Dt friend they h^Gad ^G7

(chorus) ------------------------------- The Price I Pay (Billy Bragg) intro: G Em C G D

My f^Griend said she could see n^Emo way ahead And ^AI was probably better off withou^Ct you She said to fa^Gce up to the fact that y^Emou weren't coming back And s^Ahe could make me happy like yo^Cu used to But I'm ^Gsorry to say I tur^B7ned her away C Ab Maj7 Knowing everything she said was true And that's the pr^Gice I pay for lov^Eming you the way that ^CI do ^G ^D

There's some^Gthing inside that hu^Emrts my foolish pride To visi^At the places we used to go toge^Cther Not a d^Gay goes by that I don't s^Emit and wonder why Your feel^Aings for me didn't last fo^Crever Girl I love^G you so much that some^B7times it's such C Ab Maj7 I'd walk a mile with a stone in my shoe And that's tha^Gt price I pay for lov^Eming you the way that ^CI do (^G2x)^D

G Em A C G Em A C

So keep that ph^Gone out of my way for the thi^B7ngs I must say C Ab Maj7 Are empty if you don't believe they're true And that's tha^Gt price I pay for lovin^Emg you the way that ^CI do ^G ^D That's the pri^Gce I pay for lovin^Emg you the way that ^CI do ^G ^D

I love ^Gyou so mu^Emch that baby it's such I'd walk a mi^Ale with a stone in my sh^Coe ...

---------------------------------- 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, and no cd player... so. intro/verses: (much easier to play this C| in position I but you lose the slide) Am7 F C G C Em7 Em Am ----------0-1-0---0--------------------------------------| ----------------1---------0---------------0--------------| -------0----2-0--------------------5-----------------0---| ----2-----------------------------------0---------2------| -0----------------------2---2----7---\2--------2-------0-| --------------------3-3-------\8------------0------------| when....off...I will not say who..that Am Em Am Am7 -------------------------------| -1-1p0-----------0-----0h1p0---| -2-1p0-------------2-2-------0-| -------h2-------2--2-2---------| --------------2----------------| -----------0-------------------| who so quickly... 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 will not let them in As long as you come back to me I will never ask For you I will be the man in the iron mask then this bridge part: (octaves optional-not sure if they belong or not but I like them) C G Em C G Em E7 ----------------------------------------------0-------| ----0--1---1------0--------------1----0-------0-------| -2---------0------0--------------0----0-------1-------| ---------2-----------2-----------2-------2----0-------| -0--2--3--------2----2-2.......2----2----2----2-----2-| --------------3------0-0.......0---3-----0----0-------| ^ ^ ^ ^ Listen to the record... Hit the C, G, hard where indicated... The first Em mute E&A and go at it for an extra beat before the C. The second time let the Em ring, then strum the E7 slowly, hit the B, and back into the verse. You said you loved me and it broke my heart I was always your prisoner right from the start The nights you spend without me this house is like a dungeon And you only return to torture me more You must have your reasons, I will not ask For you I will be the man in the iron mask It ends with a variation of the verse, mostly playing an arpeggiated Em with those little Am things... the last chord is an A (major) on the B&G (or maybe B&D) strings. ----------------------------------------------------- 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 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 don't understand They treat me so strange The book you said to read Well I have read but nothings changed

The cl^Aocks go forward the ^Bclocks go back Yet he^G#mre I sit as if ^C#mI were the on^Aly one (main riff) And oh you cannot hear me

Oh you cannot hear me Can anybody hear me out there (main riff) He's up on high horse again You're down in the park I'm left to fight my impulses alone here in the dark The chain that fell off my bike last night Is now wrapped round my heart Sometimes I think that Fate has been against us from the start

I lo^Ang to let our love^B run free Yet h^G#mere I am a vi^C#mctim of ge^Aography (main riff) And oh you cannot hear me

Oh you cannot hear me Can anybody hear me out there

She said k^Aiss me or would you r^Bather Live^G#m in a land where the s^C#moap won't la^Ather (main riff) And oh...

You know you are the only one Yes you are the only one Yes you are the only one ------------------------------------ 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 with The young Susannah York it was Mary If my pink pyjamas she asked me for something I gave her the short answer She read our stars out load And I knew then that we should have gone sailing But we stayed home instead Fighting on the waterbed Like the honeymoon couple on drugs Me and Mary What happened in the past Remained a mystery of natural history She should have been the last But she was just the latest If she wanted to be a farmer's wife I would endure that muddy life I would dig for victory And the sound of happy couples Coupling happily in the dark While you and I sat down to tea I remember you said to me That no amount of poetry Would mend this broken heart But you can put the Hoover round If you want to make a start All my friends from school Introduce me to their spouses While I'm left standing here With my hands down the front of my trousers I just don't know what's to be done I wonder sometimes how did Dad meet Mum And how did they conceive of me Tell me Mary The boys who came to the shop Always made her laugh much more than I did When I told her this must stop She didn't bat an eyelid She said you know honey it's such a shame You'll never be any good at this game You bruise too easily So said Mary Her two brothers took me out Of circulation for the duration So we went our separate ways but does she still love me She still has my door key Like a bully boy in a Benetton shop You're never happy with what you've got Till what you've got has gone Sorry Mary ------------------------------------ Valentine's Day Is Over (Billy Bragg) intro: C F C F C F G F C

S^Come day b^Foy you'll reap what you've d^Cown You'll ca^Ftch a c^Cold and you'll be^F on your ow^Gn And yo^Fu will s^Cee that what's wro^Fng with m^Ce Is wr^Fong with eve^Cryone that You w^Dmant to play your litt^Gle games on ^F ^C

Po^Cetry and fl^Fowers pretty words and th^Creats You've^F gone to the d^Cogs again and I^F'm not placing be^Gts On you com^Fing h^Come tonight anyt^Fhing but bl^Cind If you ta^Fke me for gra^Cnted then you must^Dm expect to fin^Gd Surpr^Fise, surp^Crise ^C ^Em ^Am

Valen^Amtine's Day ^Fis o^Cver, it's o^Fver ^G ^C ^Em ^Am Valen^Amtine's Day ^Fis o^Cver ^F ^C

^GIf you want to ta^Flk about it well y^Cou know where the phone is ^G Don't come round remin^Eding me again^F how brittle ^Fmbone is ^C God didn't make you ^Gangel ^F the Devil made you a^G man That brut^Cality and the e^Economy are related^F now I unde^Fmrstand When wi^Cll you realize that a^Es above so^F below there i^Fms no love ^F ^C

C Em Am

Valen^Amtine's Day ^Fis o^Cver, it's o^Fver ^G ^C ^Em ^Am Valen^Amtine's Day ^Fis o^Cver ^F ^C

G F C G E F Fm

For the g^Cirl with hour gla^Gss figure Ti^Fme runs out very f^Gast We^C used to want the sa^Eme things But th^Fat's all in the p^Fmast And lat^Cely it seems that a^Es it all gets tougher Yo^Fur ideal of justice just be^Fmcomes rougher and rougher ^F ^C

C Em Am

Valen^Amtine's Day ^Fis o^Cver, it's o^Fver ^G ^C ^Em ^Am Valen^Amtine's Day ^Fis o^Cver ^F ^C

Thank^C you for the th^Fings you bought me thank you for the c^Card Thank^F you for the th^Cings you taught me wh^Fen you hit me h^Gard That l^Fove between two peo^Cple must be ba^Fsed on under^Cstanding Until^F that's true you'll^C find your things All st^Dmacked out on the land^Ging sur^Fprise, su^Crprise ^C ^Em ^Am Valen^Amtine's Day ^Fis o^Cver, it's o^Fver ^G ^C ^Em ^Am Valen^Amtine's Day ^Fis o^Cver, it's ^Go-^Cver, it's ^Fo-^Cver, it's ^Go-^Cver

--------------------------------- 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 Over luxury's disappointment So he walks over and he's trying To sympathize with her but thinks that he should warn her That the Third World is just around the corner In the Soviet Union a scientist is blinded By the resumption of nuclear testing and he is reminded That Dr Robert Oppenheimer's optimism fell At the first hurdle In the Cheese Pavilion and the only noise I hear Is the sound of people stacking chairs And mopping up spilt beer And someone asking questions and basking in the light Of the fifteen fame filled minutes of the fanzine writer Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses While looking down the corridor Out to where the van is waiting I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards Jumble sales are organized and pamphlets have been posted Even after closing time there's still parties to be hosted You can be active with the activists Or sleep in with the sleepers While you're waiting for the Great Leap Forwards One leap forwards, two leaps back Will politics get me the sack' Here comes the future and you can't run from it If you've got a blacklist I want to be on it It's a mighty long way down rock 'n roll >From Top of the Pops to drawing the dole If no one seems to understands Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we'd all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards ------------------------------------------- "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 first met, I played the shy-boy When she spoke to me for the first time, my nose began to bleed She guessed the rest The next day we went on a bus ride to the ferry And when nobody came to collect our fares, why I knew then this was something special I couldn't stop thinking about her And everytime I switched on the radio, there was somebody else singing a song about the two of us It was just like being on a fast ride at Fun Fair- the sort you want to get off because it's scary and then, as soon as you're off again, you want to get straight back on again But oh love is strange And you have to learn to take the crunchy with the smooth I suppose She began going out with Mr. Potato Head It was when I saw her in the car park with his coat around her shoulders I realized I went home and thought about the two of them together until the bath water went cold around me I thought about her eyes and the curve of her breasts and about the point where their bodies met I confronted her about it I said 'I'm the most illegible bachelor in town' And she said 'Yea, that's why I can never understand any of those silly letters you send me' And then one day it happened She cut her hair And I stopped loving her. Have fun, francois... Universite de Montreal

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