WILLIAM BLOKE- 1996
WORDS and MUSIC: Billy Bragg - 1996
Notes: Keith Waclena <k-waclena@uchicago.edu> http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/keith/
With some modifications noted. I also play the chord listed as an Em/B as a Cmaj9.
Chords:
Intro
G D Em D G D Em D
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-3---------------|-0---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|
[G]I ought to leave [D] [Em] enough hot water [D]
[G]For your morning bath, [D] [Em] but I'd not thought
I[D] [C]hate to hear you talk that way
But I can't bring my[Am7]self to say I'm[G] sorry [D] [Em] [D][G]The past is always [D] [Em]knocking incessant [D]
[G]Trying to break through [D] [Em]into the present
[D]We [C]have to work to keep it out
But I won't be the [Am7]first to shout it's [G]over [D] [Em] [D][Am]I used to [Em/B]want to plant bombs [C] at the Last Night of the [G]Proms [C][G]
But [Am]now you'll [Em/B]find me with the [C]baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of [D]the sea [C] [D][G]I steal a kiss from you [D] [Em]in the supermarket [D]
[G]I walk you down the ai[D]sle, [Em]you fill my basket
[D]And [C]through it all, the stick I take
Is worth it for the [Am7]love we make [G] [D] [Em] [D][Am]I used to [Em/B]want to plant bombs [C] at the Last Night of the [G]Proms [C][G]
But [Am]now you'll [Em/B]find me with the [C]baby in the bathroom
With that big shell listening for the sound of [D]the sea
The [C]baby and [D]me[G]I stayed in bed, [D] [Em]alone, uncertain [D]
[G]Then I met you, [D] [Em]you drew the curtains
[D]The [C]sun came up, [Cmaj9] the trees began to sing
And light shone in on [Am7]everything. I [G]love you [D] [Em][D]The [C]sun came up, [Cmaj9] the trees began to sing
And light shone in on [Am7]everything. I [G]love you [D] [Em] [D][G]
