DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME - 1991
ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN EP - 1992
WORDS and MUSIC: Billy Bragg - 1991
Notes: Not sure on the lead but you can play around with it. Simple chord structure C# F# G# A G E and BCHORDS
LEAD
e:---4-6-4---4-6-4-2222/-444---|
B:-----------------2222/-444---|
G:-3-------3-------------------|
D:-----------------------------|
A:-----------------------------|
E:-----------------------------|
C# F# G# E A B C#*
e:--6----2----4----O----5----7----9|
B:--6----2----4----O----5----7----9|
G:--6----3----5----1----6----8---10|
D:--6----4----6----2----7----9---11|
A:--4----4----6----2----7----9---11|
E:--4----2----4----O----5----7----9|
INTRO:
C# F# G#
e:---4-6-4---4-6---2222/--444---|
B:-----------------2222/--444---|
G:-3-------3--------------------|
D:------------------------------| PLAY TWICE
A:------------------------------|
E:------------------------------|
C# F# G#
I went out drinking with Thomas Paine
C# F# G#
He said that all revolutions are not the sameA G E
They are as different as the cultures
A G B
That give them birth
A G E
For no one idea
F# G#
Can solve every problem on Earth
C# F# G#
So don't expect it all to happen
C# F# G#
In some prophesized political fashion
A G E
For people are different
A G B
And so are nations
A G E
You can borrow ideas
F# G#
But you can't borrow situationsC# F# G#
In Leningrad the people say
C# F# G#
Perestroika can be explain this way
A G E
The people who told us
A G B
That two and two is ten
A G E
Are now trying to tell us
F# G#
That two and two is fiveLead
C# F# G#e:---4-6-4---4-6---2222/--444---|
B:-----------------2222/--444---|
G:-3-------3--------------------|
D:------------------------------| PLAY TWICE
A:------------------------------|
E:------------------------------|A B C#* (break)
C# F# G#
We're living in a North Sea Bubble
C# F# G#
We're trying to spend our way out of trouble
C# F# G#
You keep buying these things but you don't need them
C# F# G#
But as long as you're comfortable it feels like freedomC# F# G#
We're living in a North Sea Bubble
C# F# G#
We're trying to spend our way out of trouble
C# F# G#
My American friends don't know what to do
C# F# G#
But they'll wait a long time for a Beverley Hills coup
C# F# G#
We're living in a North Sea Bubble
C# F# G#
We're trying to spend our way out of trouble
C#
War! What is it good for
F# G#
It's good fo businessC# F# G#
C# F# G#
C# F# G#
C#
