Billy Bragg – World Turned Upside Down chords
Chords:
Standard Tuning - Capo 1 INTRO Strumming D VERSED AIn 1649 to St George's HillG D AA ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples' willD AThey defied the Landlords, they defied the lawsG A DThey were the dispossessed, reclaiming what was theirsD A"We come in peace" they said, to dig and sowG D AWe come to work the land in common and to make the wasteland growD AThis earth divided, we will make wholeG A DSo it can be a common treasury for allD AThe sin of property, we do disdainG D ANo one has any right to buy and sell the earth for private gainD ABy theft and murder they took the landG A DNow everywhere the walls rise up at their commandD AThey make the laws to chain us wellG D AThe clergy dazzle us with Heaven or they damn us into hellD AWe will not worship the God they serveG A DThe God of greed who feeds the rich while poor men starveD AWe work, we eat together, we need no swordsG D AWe will not bow to masters or pay rent to the lordsD AWe are free men, though we are poorG A DYou diggers all stand up for glory stand up nowD AFrom the men of property, the orders cameG D AThey sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers' claimD ATear down their cottages, destroy their cornG A DThey were dispersed, but the vision lingers onD AYou poor take courage, you rich take careG D AThis earth was made a common treasury for everyone to shareD AAll things in common, all people oneG A DWe come in peace, the order came to cut them downCHORDS EADGBE 000232 - D 002220 - A 320033 - G