UPFIELD
WILLIAM BLOKE- 1996
WORDS and MUSIC:  Billy Bragg - 1996

Notes
From OLGA. Chords: "Boulton, Nic" <Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com> No offence to Nic but I am not sure about the chords here. I have played it with a G C Em D intro followed G C D G and thby the walk down from C (C Cmaj9 Am) and then Em D G etc. When I have time I will listen to a live version. For now I have made some notes.

Chords:

*Am in the last line of the verse might be an Em(0). I think the chord is a C

Em(III) is :
 x__x____________
 |  |  |  |  |  |
 |__|__1__1__1__1   3rd fret
 |  |  |  |  |  |
 |__|__|__2__|__|
 |  |  |  |  |  |
 |__|__3__|__4_(4)    so when you go from G(III)->Em(III),
 |  |  |  |  |  |     don't move your 1st & 2nd fingers
 |__|__|__|__|__|

EADGBe
355433 - G(III)
xx5453 - Em(III)
320003 - G(0)
xx0232 - D
022000 - Em(0)
x02210 - Am

INTRO AND CHORUS

My preference G C Em D Dsus4 D all open chords

             G(III) Em(III)            G(III) G(0) D
e-|-------------3-----3-3---5-3----------------3---2-0----------||
B-|-------------3---5-5-5-5-3-3----------------0---3--3--1-0----||
G-|-------------4---4--------------------------0---2--------2~0-||
D-|:---------5------5--------------------------0---0-----------:||
A-|----------5------------------------------5-------------------||
E-|----------3------------------------------3-------------------||
     I'm going upfield        way up on the hillside
     I'm going higher         than I've ever been before
thats where youll find me         way up in the hillside
                           C                           C Cmaj9 Am no D at end
                  G(III)    Em(0)             D      G(0)        D
wading in the river        reaching for that other shore
 
 

[verse]:
                                               C?
        Em(0)          D           G(0)        Em(0)    G(0)    D
    I dreamed I saw a tree full of angels       up on Primrose Hill
 and I flew    with  them   over  the Great Wen till I seen my fill
of such pov---er------ty    and  misery sure to tear my soul  apart
                            C?                                  add Dsus4 D
               Em(0) D  G(0) Am*     G(0)   D
||: I've got a so---cialism  of the heart      :||  x2
 

[chorus]
 

the angels asked me how I felt about all I'd seen and heard
that they spoke to me, a pagan, gave me cause to doubt their word
but they laughed and said it doesn't matter if you help us in our art

||: you've got a socialism of the heart      :||  x2
 

[chorus]
 

their faces shone and they were gone and I was left alone
and I walked these ancient empire streets till I came tearful to my home

and when I woke next morning, I vowed to play my part

||: I've got a socialism of the heart      :||  x2
 

[chorus]