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Rumours Of War Tab

by Billy Bragg


Song: Rumours of War
Artist: Billy Bragg
Album: Don't Try This at Home

Here is "Rumours of War" by Billy Bragg off "Don't Try This at Home".
Try interchanging some Em's for G to give it an even sadder feel (If possible). ENJOY.

Rumours of War (Billy Bragg)
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There are soldiers marching on the common today
                         
They were there again this evening
                              
They paced up and down like sea birds on the ground
                       
Before the storm clouds gathering
                                           
I must buy whatever tinned food is left on the shelves
                            
They are testing the air raid sirens
                                    
They've filled up the blood banks and emptied the beds
                     
At the hospital and the asylum
                                         
I saw a man build a shelter in his garden today
                      
And we stood there idly chatting
                       
He said: "No, no I don't think war will come"
                     
Yet still he carried on digging
                         
Everything in my life that I love
                          
Could be swept away without warning
                               
Yet the birds still sing and the church bells ring
                      
And the sun came up this morning
                 
Life goes on as it did before
                             
As the country drifts slowly to war