Billy Bragg - The home front

^DFather mows the lawn and Mother peels potatoes ^G Grandma ^Dlays the ^Bmtable ^Aalone ^DAnd adjusts a photograph of the unknown soldier ^G In this ^DHoly of ^BmHolies the ^AHome

^GAnd from the ^DTV an ^Emunwatched ^F#mvoice Suggests ^Gthe answer ^Dis to plant more ^Emtrees ^{F#m G}The scrawl on the ^Dwall says ^Emwhat about the ^F#mworkers And the ^Gvoice of the ^Dpeople says ^Emmore salt ^F#mplease

^DMother shakes her head and reads aloud from the newspaper ^G And Father ^Dputs another ^Bmlock on the ^Adoor ^DAnd reflects upon the violent times that we are living in ^G While chatting ^Dto the wife ^Bmbeater next ^Adoor

^GIf para^Ddise to you is ^Emcheap beer and ^F#movertime ^GHome ^Dtruths are easily ^Emmissed ^{F#m G}Something that ^Devery ^Emfootball ^F#mfan knows ^GIt only takes five ^Dfingers to ^Emform a^A fist ^Bm

And when it ^Arains here, it rains so ^Emhard ^{F#m Em}But never ^F#mhard enough to ^Gwash away the ^Asorrow ^EmI'll trade my ^F#mlove today for a ^Ggreater love ^Atomorrow ^EmThe lonely ^F#mchild looks out and ^Gdreams of ^Aindependence From this ^Emfamil^F#my life ^Gsentence ^A

^DMother sees but does not read the peeling posters ^G And can't ^Dbelieve that there's a ^Bmworld to be ^Awon ^DBut in the public schools and in the public houses ^G The ^DBattle of ^BmBritain goes ^Aon

^GThe constant ^Dpromise of ^Emjam ^F#mtomorrow Is the ^GNew Breeds ^Dlitany and ^Emverse ^{F#m G}If it takes another ^Dwar to fill the ^Emchurches of ^F#mEngland Then the ^Gworld the meek ^Dinherit, what ^Emwill it be ^F#mworth

^DMother fights the tears and father, his sense of outrage ^G And attempts to ^Djustify the ^Bmsacri^Afice ^DTo pass their creed down to another generation ^G Any^Dthing for the ^Bmquite ^Alife

^GIn the ^DLand of a ^EmThousand ^F#mDoses Where ^Gnostalgia is the ^Dopium of the ^Emage ^{F#m G}Our place in ^Dhistory is as ^Emclock ^F#mwatchers ^GOld ^Dtimers, ^Emwindow ^F#mshoppers