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Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 22:12:09 +0000
From: Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk

/b/Billy_Bragg/Brickbat.tab


>From Willam Bloke


[Intro & first half of verse] :


    G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)              De (xx0232@1)-------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 (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)                 D (xx0232@1)
   I ought to leave            enough hot water
  for your morning bath        but I'd not thought, I

    C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)   hate to hear you talk that way
    C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)             G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Dbut (xx0232@1)I can't bring   myself to say I'm sorry

G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)
G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)  Em (022000@1)                 D (xx0232@1)
   the past is always            knocking incessant
  trying to break through        into the present

    C (x32010@1)             Amwe (x02210@1)have to work to keep it out          G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) Dand (xx0232@1)I won't be the first to shout it's over

Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)                 GD EmD
 I used to wanna plant bombs at the last night of the proms
    Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)        Cbut (x32010@1)now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
          Am (x02210@1)                        C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)
with that big shell listening to the sound of the sea

G (320003@1)GG GG D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)
G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)I steal a kiss from you         in the supermarket
  I walk you down the aisle,     you fill my basket

       C (x32010@1)               Amand (x02210@1)through it all the stick I take
    C (x32010@1)              Amis (x02210@1)worth it for the love we make


Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)                 GD EmD
 I used to wanna plant bombs at the last night of the proms
    Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)        Cbut (x32010@1)now you'll find me with the baby in the bathroom
          Am (x02210@1)                        C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)
with that big shell listening to the sound of the sea

GG GG G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)     Cthe (x32010@1)baby and me


G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)                    D (xx0232@1) I stayed in bed         alone, uncertain
  then I met you,        you pulled the curtain

    C (x32010@1)               Amthe (x02210@1)sun came up, the trees began to sing and
 C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)  Dlight (xx0232@1)shone in on everything, I love you

    C (x32010@1)               Amthe (x02210@1)sun came up, the trees began to sing and
 C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)  Dlight (xx0232@1)shone in on everything, I love you


EADGBe
320003 - G
xx0232 - D
022000 - Em
x32010 - C
x02210 - Am


Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk