Standard Tuning - Capo 1

INTRO

Strumming D

VERSE

D (xx0232@1)                  AIn (x02220@1)1649 to St George's Hill
         G (320003@1)                                  D (xx0232@1)               AA (x02220@1)ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples' will
       D (xx0232@1)                        AThey (x02220@1)defied the Landlords, they defied the laws
              G (320003@1)                      A (x02220@1)      DThey (xx0232@1)were the dispossessed, reclaiming what was theirs

D (xx0232@1)                                      A"We (x02220@1)come in peace" they said, to dig and sow
           G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)                AWe (x02220@1)come to work the land in common and to make the wasteland grow
     D (xx0232@1)                      AThis (x02220@1)earth divided, we will make whole
          G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)          DSo (xx0232@1)it can be a common treasury for all

D (xx0232@1)                           AThe (x02220@1)sin of property, we do disdain
            G (320003@1)                          D (xx0232@1)          ANo (x02220@1)one has any right to buy and sell the earth for private gain
   D (xx0232@1)                   ABy (x02220@1)theft and murder they took the land
         G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)         DNow (xx0232@1)everywhere the walls rise up at their command

D (xx0232@1)                            AThey (x02220@1)make the laws to chain us well
           G (320003@1)                           D (xx0232@1)          AThe (x02220@1)clergy dazzle us with Heaven or they damn us into hell
            D (xx0232@1)                  AWe (x02220@1)will not worship the God they serve
           G (320003@1)                            A (x02220@1)      DThe (xx0232@1)God of greed who feeds the rich while poor men starve

D (xx0232@1)                                  AWe (x02220@1)work, we eat together, we need no swords
   G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)             AWe (x02220@1)will not bow to masters or pay rent to the lords
       D (xx0232@1)                     AWe (x02220@1)are free men, though we are poor
            G (320003@1)                    A (x02220@1)      DYou (xx0232@1)diggers all stand up for glory stand up now

D (xx0232@1)                                  AFrom (x02220@1)the men of property, the orders came
              G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)              AThey (x02220@1)sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers' claim
     D (xx0232@1)                          ATear (x02220@1)down their cottages, destroy their corn
             G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)            DThey (xx0232@1)were dispersed, but the vision lingers on

D (xx0232@1)                                  AYou (x02220@1)poor take courage, you rich take care
               G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)         AThis (x02220@1)earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share
              D (xx0232@1)                AAll (x02220@1)things in common, all people one
           G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)              DWe (xx0232@1)come in peace, the order came to cut them down

CHORDS

EADGBE
000232 - D
002220 - A
320033 - G