World Turned Upside Down chords by Billy Bragg

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

Standard Tuning - Capo 1

INTRO

Strumming D

VERSE

D          A
In 1649 to St George's Hill
     G                  D         A
A ragged band they called the Diggers came to show the peoples' will
    D             A
They defied the Landlords, they defied the laws
       G            A    D
They were the dispossessed, reclaiming what was theirs

D                    A
"We come in peace" they said, to dig and sow
      G               D         A
We come to work the land in common and to make the wasteland grow
   D            A
This earth divided, we will make whole
     G      A      D
So it can be a common treasury for all

D               A
The sin of property, we do disdain
      G              D      A
No one has any right to buy and sell the earth for private gain
  D           A
By theft and murder they took the land
     G          A      D
Now everywhere the walls rise up at their command

D               A
They make the laws to chain us well
      G               D      A
The clergy dazzle us with Heaven or they damn us into hell
      D          A
We will not worship the God they serve
      G               A    D
The God of greed who feeds the rich while poor men starve

D                  A
We work, we eat together, we need no swords
  G             D        A
We will not bow to masters or pay rent to the lords
    D            A
We are free men, though we are poor
      G           A    D
You diggers all stand up for glory stand up now

D                  A
From the men of property, the orders came
       G               D        A
They sent the hired men and troopers to wipe out the Diggers' claim
   D              A
Tear down their cottages, destroy their corn
       G        A       D
They were dispersed, but the vision lingers on

D                  A
You poor take courage, you rich take care
        G             D      A
This earth was made a common treasury for everyone to share
       D         A
All things in common, all people one
      G        A        D
We come in peace, the order came to cut them down

CHORDS

EADGBE
000232 - D
002220 - A
320033 - G