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The Essential Billy Bragg Ukulele Song Sheets Uketunes The Essential Billy Bragg Ukulele Song Sheets UkeTunes Contents A NEW ENGLAND 3 THE MILKMAN OF HUMAN KINDNESS 4 TO HAVE AND TO HAVE NOT 5 A LOVER SPEAKS 6 IT SAYS HERE 7 THE SATURDAY BOY 8 BETWEEN THE WARS 9 THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN 10 LEVI STUBBS’ TEARS 11 GREETINGS TO THE NEW BRUNETTE 12 IDEOLOGY 13 THERE IS POWER IN A UNION 14 SHE’S GOT A NEW SPELL 15 THE PRICE I PAY 16 WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARDS 17 SEXUALITY 18 MOVING THE GOALPOSTS 19 TANK PARK SALUTE 20 YOU WOKE UP MY NEIGHBOURHOOD 21 ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN 22 UPFIELD 23 BRICKBAT 24 THE SPACE RACE IS OVER 25 THE BOY DONE GOOD 26 NO POWER WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY 27 ST. MONDAY 28 SOME DAYS I SEE THE POINT 29 TAKE DOWN THE UNION JACK 30 HANDYMAN BLUES 31 A13 TRUNK ROAD TO THE SEA 32 NOTE: All songs and chords assume a GCEA tuned ukulele. Any tab that uses the G string assumes a “low G”. These song sheets are my best attempt at transcribing the songs, but may not be totally accurate. DISCLAIMER: All song sheets in this book are intended for private, educational, and research purposes only and not for financial gain in any form. It is acknowledged that all song copyrights belong to their respective parties. (v1.0) Billy Bragg (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 2 UkeTunes A New England { 1983 } Intro: [F] / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | I was [F] twenty-one years when I wrote this song I'm [C] twenty-two now but I [Dm] won't be for long [Bb] People ask me when will you grow [F] up to be a man But all the [C] girls I loved at school are al-[Bb]-ready pushing prams [F] [F] I [F] loved you then as I love you still Though I [C] put you on a pedestal, they [Dm] put you on the pill I [Bb] don't feel bad about [F] letting you go I [C] just feel sad about [Bb] letting you know [Bb] [Bb] I don't want to [Am] change the [F] world I'm not looking for A New [Dm] England I'm just [Bb] looking for another [Am] girl / / / [C] [Csus4] / [C] <Bb> I don't [Bb] want to [Am] change the [F] world I'm not looking for A New [Dm] England I'm just [Bb] looking for a-[C]-nother [F] girl [F] I [F] loved the words you wrote to me But [C] that was bloody [Dm] yesterday I [Bb] can't survive on [F] what you send [C] Every time you [Bb] need a friend [F] [F] I [F] saw two shooting stars last night I [C] wished on them, but [Dm] they were only satellites It’s [Bb] wrong to wish on [F] space hardware I [C] wish, I wish I [Bb] wish you'd care [Bb] [Bb] I don't want to [Am] change the [F] world I'm not looking for A New [Dm] England I'm just [Bb] looking for another [Am] girl / / / [C] [Csus4] / [C] <Bb> I don't [Bb] want to [Am] change the [F] world I'm not looking for A New [Dm] England I'm just [Bb] looking for a-[C]-nother [F] girl [Bb] Looking for a-[C]-nother [F] girl [Bb] Looking for a-[C]-nother [F] girl [Bb] Looking for a-[C]-nother [F] girl / [C] / [Bb] / [C] / [F] / [C] / [Bb] / [C] / [F] / [C] / [Bb] / [C] / [F] / [C] / [Bb] / [C] / <F> <F> <F> <Fmaj7> (v1.0) Billy Bragg (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 3 UkeTunes The Milkman of Human Kindness { 1983 } Intro: [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [Bm] / / / | Main riff: [D] If you're lonely …I will [Bm] call [D] If you're poorly … I will send [Bm] poetry [G] / / / | / / [D] / | I [D] love [A] you I am the [D] milkman of [Bm] human kindness, I will [G] leave an extra <D> pint [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [Bm] / / / | [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [Bm] / / / | [D] If you are sleeping … I will [Bm] wait [D] If your bed is wet … I will dry your [Bm] tears [G] / / / | / / [D] / | I [D] love [A] you I am the [D] milkman of [Bm] human kindness, I will [G] leave an extra <D> pint [A] Hold my [Bm] hand for me, I'm [G] wa-[Bm]-king [D] up [A] Hold my [Bm] hand for me, I'm [G] wa-[Bm]-king [D] up [A] Hold my [Bm] hand for me, I'm [G] wa-[Bm]-king [D] up [A] Hold my [Bm] hand for me, I'm [G] waaaa-[Bm]-kingggg [D] upppp [D] [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [Bm] / / / | [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [D] / / / | [Bm] / / / | [D] If you are falling … I will put out my [Bm] hand [D] If you feel bitter … I will under-[Bm]-stand [G] / / / | / / [D] / | I [D] love [A] you I am the [D] milkman of [Bm] human kindness, I will [G] leave an extra <D> pint [D] / [C#] / [Bm] / / / [G] / / / <D> (v1.0) Billy Bragg (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 4 UkeTunes To Have and to Have Not { 1983 } Intro: [G] / / / | [C] / [G] / | [Em] / / / | [D] / [G] / | (x2) [G] Up in the morning and [C] out to [G] school [Em] Mother says there'll be no [D] work next [G] year [G] Qualifications once the [C] golden [G] rule Are [Em] now just pieces of [D] .. pa-[G]-per [G] Just because you're [C] better than [G] me [Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] .. la-[G]-zy [G] Just because you're [C] going [G] forwards [Em] Doesn’t mean I'm [D] going [G] backwards [G] / / / | [C] / [G] / | [Em] / / / | [D] / [G] / | (x2) If you [G] look the part, you'll [C] get the [G] job In [Em] last year's trousers and your [D] old school [G] shoes The [G] truth is son, it's a [C] buyer's [G] market [Em] They can afford .. to [D] pick and [G] choose [G] Just because you're [C] better than [G] me [Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] .. la-[G]-zy [G] Just because I [C] dress like [G] this [Em] Doesn't mean I'm a [D] commu-[G]-nist [G] / / / | [C] / [G] / | [Em] / / / | [D] / [G] / | (x2) The [G] factories are closing and the [C] army's [G] full [Em] I don't know what I'm [D] going to [G] do But I’ve [G] come to see in the [C] land of the [G] free There's [Em] only a future for the [D] chosen [G] few [G] Just because you're [C] better than [G] me [Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] .. la-[G]-zy [G] Just because you're [C] going [G] forwards [Em] Doesn’t mean I'm [D] going [G] backwards [G] / / / | [C] / [G] / | [Em] / / / | [D] / [G] / | (x2) At [G] twenty-one you're on [C] top of the [G] scrap heap At [Em] sixteen you were [D] top of the [G] class All they [G] taught you in school was how to [C] be a good [G] worker The [Em] system has failed you, don't [D] fail your-[G]-self [G] Just because you're [C] better than [G] me [Em] Doesn't mean I'm [D] .. la-[G]-zy [G] Just because you're [C] going [G] forwards [Em] Doesn’t mean I'm [D] going <G> backwards (v1.0) Billy Bragg (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 5 UkeTunes A Lover Speaks { 1984 } Intro: [G] / [Em] / | [G] / [Em] / | [G] / [Em] / | [G] / [Em] / | [G] .. You and [Em] I are [G] victims of a [Em] love That lost a [G] lot in [Em] the trans-[G]-la-[Em]-tion [C] When I [Am] think of all the [C] time that I spent [Am] sitting on the edge of your [G] bed in an-[Em]-tici-[G]-pation [Em] <G><D> Of you giving in <D><Em> and us living in sin [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] A hot [Em] day, the [G] smell of [Em] hairspray And the [G] sound of a shower [Em] running [G] soft-[Em]-ly [C] It's things like [Am] this that re-[C]-mind me how I [Am] felt The first [G] time you came [Em] back for [G] coffee [Em] <G><D> The way you took it <D><Em> amazed [G] me [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] Walking in the park, [G] [Em] kissing in the dark [G] [Em] And my [G] head against your [Em] pillow [C] [Am] [C] Late at night a [Am] lover [G] sings [Em] [G] [Em] <D> Adam and Eve are [Em] finding out [C] all about [G] love [Em] [G] [Em] I say <D> Adam and Eve are [Em] finding out [C] all about [G] love [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G] There is [Em] no real [G] substi-[Em]-tute For a [G] ball struck [Em] squarely and [G] firm-[Em]-ly [C] And you're the [Am] kind of girl who [C] wants to open up the [Am] bottle of pop Too [G] early [Em] in the [G] journey [Em] <G><D> Our love went flat <D><Em> .. just like [G] that [Em] [G] [Em] [G] It doesn't [Em] matter the [G] colour of the [Em] car But what goes [G] on be-[Em]-neath the [G] bonnet [Em] [C] Is there a [Am] flag that [C] flies above your [Am] heart And is my [G] name writ [Em] there u-[G]-pon it [Em] <G><D> Wedding cake and toothache <D><Em> Equals love and [G] pain [Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] Walking in the park, [G] [Em] kissing on the carpet [G] [Em] And your [G] tights around your [Em] ankles [C] [Am] And [C] late at night a [Am] lover [G] thinks of these [Em] things [G] [Em] <D> Adam and Eve are [Em] finding out [C] all about [G] love [Em] [G] [Em] I say <D> Adam and Eve are [Em] finding out [C] all about [G] love [Em] [G] [Em] <D> Adam and Eve are [Em] finding out [C] all about <D> Adam and Eve are [Em] finding out [C] all about Te-<D>-resa and Steve are [Em] finding out [C] all about [G] love [Em] [C] / / / [G] / [Em] / | [C] / / / | [G] / [Em] / | [C] / / / | [Am] / [Em] / | <G> (v1.0) Billy Bragg (https://uketunes.wordpress.com/) Page 6 UkeTunes It Says Here { 1984 } Intro: [G] / / / | / / [C] [G] | [D] / / / | / / / / | [G] / / / | / / [C] [G] | [D] / It says [C] here, that the [G] unions will never [D] learn And it says [C] here, that the e-[G]-conomy is on the [D] upturn And it says [C] here, we should be [G] proud that we are [D] free And our free [C] press reflects our de-[G]-mocracy [D] Those [G] braying [Em] voices on the [C] right of the [G] house [G] Echo [Em] down the street of [C] shame [G] Where [G] politics [Em] mix with [C] bingo and [G] tits In a [G] strictly [Em] money and [C] numbers [G] game Where they [D] offer you a feature on [Em] stockings and suspenders Next to a [D] call for stiffer penalties for [Em] sex offenders [G] / / / | / / [C] [G] | [D] / / / | / / / / | [G] / / / | / / [C] [G] | [D] / It says [C] here that [G] this year's prince is [D] born And it says [C] here "d'you ever [G] wish that you were better in-[D]-formed?" And it says [C] here that we can [G] only stop the [D] rot With a large
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