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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 22:12:09 +0000
From: Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk
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>From Willam Bloke
[Intro & first half of verse] :
G D Em D
e -------3-3-3-3-3--2--0--|---------0-0-0-0-0--2--0---||
B -------0-0-0-0-0--3--0--|---------0-0-0-0-0--3--0---||
G -------0-0-0-0-0--2--0--|---------0-0-0-0-0--2--0--.||
D -------0----------------|---------2----------------.||
A ------------------------|---------------------------||
E --3---------------------|--0------------------------||
G D Em D
I ought to leave enough hot water
for your morning bath but I'd not thought, I
C Am
hate to hear you talk that way
C Am G D Em D
but I can't bring myself to say I'm sorry
G D Em D
G D Em D
the past is always knocking incessant
trying to break through into the present
C Am
we have to work to keep it out G D Em D
and I won't be the first to shout it's over
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_bragg/brickbat_crd.html ]
Am C Am C G D Em D
I used to wanna plant bombs at the last night of the proms
Am C Am C
but now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
Am C D
with that big shell listening to the sound of the sea
G G G G G D C
G D Em D
I steal a kiss from you in the supermarket
I walk you down the aisle, you fill my basket
C Am
and through it all the stick I take
C Am
is worth it for the love we make
Am C Am C G D Em D
I used to wanna plant bombs at the last night of the proms
Am C Am C
but now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
Am C D
with that big shell listening to the sound of the sea
G G G G G D C
the baby and me
G D Em D
I stayed in bed alone, uncertain
then I met you, you pulled the curtain
C Am
the sun came up, the trees began to sing and
C Am G D Em D
light shone in on everything, I love you
C Am
the sun came up, the trees began to sing and
C Am G D Em D
light shone in on everything, I love you
EADGBe
320003 - G
xx0232 - D
022000 - Em
x32010 - C
x02210 - Am
Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk