Great song, written by Chris TT but often covered by frank, as i prefer franks
version i thought id put it up under him!

Capo II (EVERYTHING RELEVANT TO CAPO!)
standard tuning EADGBe


INTRO
G(hammer on the E string)
then on the A string slide whilst strumming from 3 to 5 to 7 and back to three.
(play around with it)


GThe (320003@1)countryside is dying
G/F#
They're closing village stores
CWhile (x32010@1)shepherds watched their flocks by night
G (320003@1)                         DThe (xx0232@1)government burned them all
AmAnd (x02210@1)here's another post office
    C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1)               DWith (xx0232@1)boards across the door

GThe (320003@1)people from the city came
G/F#
To breathe the cleaner air
CThey (x32010@1)listen to The Archers
         G (320003@1)                  DBuy (xx0232@1)new coats and grow their hair
AmThen (x02210@1)they buy up all the houses
So country people born-and-bred
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)         DCan't (xx0232@1)afford to live there

GNow (320003@1)the Countryside Alliance
G/F#
We'll call them 'the cunts' for short
CThey (x32010@1)promised in defiance
         G (320003@1)             DThat (xx0232@1)a battle would be fought
      AmThen (x02210@1)ignored the real problems
           C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)    DTo (xx0232@1)shout about their bloody sport

C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)               DCall (xx0232@1)it a betrayal - it looks like that to me
C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)              DCall (xx0232@1)it bad behaviour and a waste of time and money
C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)              DI've (xx0232@1)never been in favour of police brutality
              EmBut (022000@1)when the huntsman comes a-marchin'
      C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)   
Well give him one for me, officer, give him one for me.

GNow (320003@1)the cunts have come to London
G/F#
To give us all what for:
CThere (x32010@1)were only 20 thousand of them
G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)               
Marching down through Whitehall
      AmBut (x02210@1)they were such a bunch of thugs
AmThe (x02210@1)police arrested more
Than when 2 million normal people
C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)        DMarched (xx0232@1)against the war

C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)           DCall (xx0232@1)it a betrayal - looks like that to me
C (x32010@1)                         G (320003@1)           DCall (xx0232@1)it bad behaviour and a waste of time and money
C (x32010@1)                          G (320003@1)        DI've (xx0232@1)never been in favour of police brutality
              Em (022000@1)                      
But when the huntsman comes a-marchin'
       C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)       
Well give him one for me, officer, give him one for me.

          Em (022000@1)            Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)          GWhere (320003@1)were you when the miners fought to save their livelihoods?
        Em (022000@1)           Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)         GDressed (320003@1)up in red velvet somewhere deep in the woods
     Em (022000@1)             Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1)                GYou (320003@1)loved the fucking poll tax, you propped up Margaret Thatcher
         Em (022000@1)            AmAnd (x02210@1)you didn't give a fuck about Tony Blair
         C (x32010@1)                      G'Til (320003@1)he threw your hobby back at ya.

GThe (320003@1)countryside is dying
G/F#
Some say it's already dead
          C (x32010@1)                         G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)   
And the huntsman has a boner as the dogs pull it to shreds
         AmThen (x02210@1)he wipes the blood on his daughter's face
     C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)    DAnd (xx0232@1)drags her back to bed.

C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)           DCall (xx0232@1)it a betrayal - looks like that to me
C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)            DCall (xx0232@1)it bad behaviour and a waste of time and money
C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)I've never been in favour of police brutality
              EmBut (022000@1)when the huntsman comes a-marchin'
            C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)  D (xx0232@1)      GWell (320003@1)give him one for me, officer, give him one for me.

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