CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: G C G C G C Well, friends, hereby hangs a tale G The year was nineteen thirty-one C A good job digging for the king G While there's so many on the bum Em D I'd done my time across in France C Fought at Moreaux and at Vimy G C Done my service for my country D G Thought I'd put the guns behind me C I should have known it from the start G Peace may be signed between two nations C But for protection of your rights G My friends, it's always battle stations Em D And so it was the union boys C Set up shop there in the coalfields G C Said that they would be our voice D G Said that they would be our shield INTERLUDE: C G C G C They said just a little march G Across the town and past the station C Some fine strong speakers and a band G A fairly peaceful congregation Em D Let them know that we were strong C Show them we could be united G C Show them we had found our voice D G And that we would not be frightened C I should have known it from the start G Workers marching makes them nervous C I saw no menace in our group G Peaceful of heart and stout of purpose Em D The local peelers were forewarned C It's sure as hell they were forearmed G C How could we cause them any trouble? D G How could they be so alarmed? INTERLUDE: C G C G C Armed with truncheons and with guns G They took their line across the road C Their faces cast in stone G I heard the call to aim and load Em D Saw the deadly muzzle flash C G Saw the people drop around me C Took a bullet to the leg D G My friends, and that is how they found me C I should have known it from the start G Should have seen the trouble coming C Seen the ugly twist of fate G Turned my tail and started running Em D Known when push has come to shove C And it's a heavy hand that feeds you G C That the job that was your life D G F Becomes the job that slowly beats you BRIDGE: C G F No use, no use, for the ranting of the government men C G F No use, for their fine print and their fountain pen C G No use, no use in me denying F C This small rebellion's over, but I'm leaving here unbowed INTERLUDE: C G C G C And when the dust had finally cleared G When all dissent had been put down C I packed my life in two worn bags G Caught the train and left the town Em D In this case justice sure was blind C At least blind to human suffering G C They said they'd put us in our place D G And I guess they weren't bluffing C I should have known it from the start G It's not the truth that really matters C The real world tramples on such things G Leaves your mental state in tatters Em D Makes the blowing prairie dust C Seem like it is stationary G C Makes the proudest person humble D G And the strongest person wary G C Makes the proudest person humble D G C D G And the strongest person wary
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