Billy Bragg - I will be your shield
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Tabbed from a live performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7bjuGcRFU
It's played on piano so these chords are an approximation for guitar. I've also simplified what could be
complicated major / minor and minor seventh to their minor versions because I like easy.
I think it plays best by plucking a single chord and letting it ring. Note that the lyric doesn't fit on easy
chord boundaries so I've tried to place chord changes where I think they belong. Suggestions welcome.
I've been a Bragg fan for 30+ years and I think this song is probably his most complete. Enjoy.
[Intro]
Em G
D
Em G
D
[Verse 1]
WhenEm things start Gto unDravel
And Emdays fill Gyou with drDead
And Amcomments Gdent your conDfidence
ConBmfide in me inCstead
When Emevery Glittle setDback
Just Emmakes you Gwant to crDy
And the Amwhole world Gseems againDst you
BmAnd you don't know Bwhy C
[Chorus]
In the Gbattle aDgainst your demons
CI, I Gwill be yourD shield
And the Cworld has lost all Gmeaning
TogetheDr, we'll standEm for our Clove
Is the one Gthing that's Dreal
[Verse 2]
When Empressure wroughGt by chDanges
BeEmcomes too Gmuch toD bear
And Ampain stops Gyou from Dfunctioning
BmTrust in me to carCe
When the Emworld beyGond your Ddoorstep
No lEmonger maGkes much Dsense
And Amhostile thouGghts surDound you
I'll Bmcome to your deBfence C
[Chorus]
In the Gbattle aDgainst your demons
CI, I Gwill be yourD shield
And the Cworld has lost all Gmeaning
TogetheDr, we'll standEm for our Clove
Is the one Gthing that's Dreal
[Bridge]
I will be your Amshield
When the angry wave are Cpounding
I will be your Gshield
When the wind whips up the Dshore
I will be your Amshield
When you hear the thunder Csounding
And the Grain beats on your Ddoor
I will be your Amshield
[Outro]
Em G D
Am Em G D