Song: Sons of Liberty
Artist: Frank Turner
Album: Poetry of the Deed

Tuning: Standard

Note: I think there's something going on in the verses before the D chord goes back to 
the E chord, but I can't quite pin it down.  A-maj just doesn't sound right.

VERSE 1

E (022100@1)                                             DOnce (xx0232@1)an honest man could go from sunrise to its set
D (xx0232@1)                                                Ewithout (022100@1)encountering agents of his state or government.
E (022100@1)                                                 DBut (xx0232@1)a sorry cloud of tyranny has fallen across the land,
D (xx0232@1)                                            Ebrought (022100@1)on by the hollow men, who did not understand
E (022100@1)                                                      Dthat (xx0232@1)for centuries our forefathers have fought and often died
D (xx0232@1)                                                     Eto (022100@1)keep themselves unto themselves, to fight the rising tide,
E (022100@1)                                                     Dand (xx0232@1)that if in the smallest battles we surrender to the state,
D (xx0232@1)                                            Ewe (022100@1)enter in a darkness whence we never shall escape.

BRIDGE

F# (244322@1)                 B (x2444x@1)       E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   
   AWhen (x02220@1)they raise their hands up our lives to possess,
F# (244322@1)                  B (x2444x@1)     E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)      Ato (x02220@1)know our souls, to drag us down, we'll resist.

VERSE 2

E (022100@1)                            DWatt (xx0232@1)Tyler led the people in 1381
D (xx0232@1)                                             Eto (022100@1)meet the king at Smithfield and issue this demand:
E (022100@1)                                                  Dthat (xx0232@1)Winchester's should be the only law across the land,
D (xx0232@1)                                                   Ethe (022100@1)law of old King Alfred's time, of free and honest men.
E (022100@1)                                                           DBecause (xx0232@1)the people then they understood what we have since forgot:
D (xx0232@1)                                             Ethat (022100@1)governments will only work for its own benefit.
E (022100@1)                                                 DAnd (xx0232@1)I'd rather stand up naked against the elements alone
D (xx0232@1)                                               Ethan (022100@1)give the hollow men the right to enter in my home.

BRIDGE

F# (244322@1)                 B (x2444x@1)       E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)   
   AWhen (x02220@1)they raise their hands up our lives to possess,
F# (244322@1)                   B (x2444x@1)   E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)      Ato (x02220@1)know our souls, to drag us down, we'll resist.

SOLO:
Chords:
E - E
E- (022100@1)E- (022100@1)E- (022100@1)D- (xx0232@1)E- (022100@1)E- (022100@1)D (xx0232@1)- A - E  (x4)
E (022100@1)CHORUS (First two times no guitar, guitar on third and fourth time)

E (022100@1)                          D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)      EStand (022100@1)up sons of liberty and fight for what you own.
E (022100@1)                          D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)      EStand (022100@1)up sons of liberty and fight, fight for your homes.

OUTRO

E (022100@1)                                                        DSo (xx0232@1)if ever a man should ask you for your business, or your name,
D (xx0232@1)                                                         Etell (022100@1)him to go and fuck himself, tell his friends to do the same.
E (022100@1)                                                            DBecause (xx0232@1)a man who'd trade his liberty for a safe and dreamless sleep
D (xx0232@1)                                                    Edoesn't (022100@1)deserve the both of them, and neither shall he keep.