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by Billy Bragg





>From William Bloke.

I've tried to arrange the brass harmonies for guitar. hmmm ;-)


[intro & chorus]:

                           (0) 
e-|-------------3-----3-3---5-3----------------3---2-0----------||
B-|-------------3---5-5-5-5-3-3----------------0---3--3--1-0----||
G-|-------------4---4--------------------------0---2--------2~0-||
D-|:---------5------5--------------------------0---0-----------:||
A-|----------5------------------------------5-------------------||
E-|----------3------------------------------3-------------------||
     I'm going upfield        way up on the hillside
     I'm going higher         than I've ever been before
thats where youll find me         way up in the hillside

                      (0)                   (0)        
wading in the river        reaching for that other shore

[verse]:

        (0)                     (0)        (0)    (0)    
    I dreamed I saw a tree full of angels       up on Primrose Hill
 and I flew    with  them   over  the Great Wen till I seen my fill
of such pov---er------ty    and  misery sure to tear my soul  apart

               (0)   (0) *     (0)   
||: I've got a so---cialism  of the heart      :||  x2


[chorus]


the angels asked me how I felt about all I'd seen and heard
that they spoke to me, a pagan, gave me cause to doubt their word
but they laughed and said it doesn't matter if you help us in our
                                                               art
||: you've got a socialism of the heart      :||  x2


[chorus]


their faces shone and they were gone and I was left alone
and I walked these ancient empire streets till I came tearful to my
                                                             home
and when I woke next morning, I vowed to play my part

||: I've got a socialism of the heart      :||  x2


[chorus]

*Am in the last line of the verse might be an Em(0).

 is :
 x__x____________
 |  |  |  |  |  |
 |__|__1__1__1__1   3rd fret
 |  |  |  |  |  |
 |__|__|__2__|__|
 |  |  |  |  |  |
 |__|__3__|__4_(4)    so when you go from ->,
 |  |  |  |  |  |     don't move your 1st & 2nd fingers
 |__|__|__|__|__|

EADGBe
355433 - 
xx5453 - 
320003 - G(0)
xx0232 - 
022000 - Em(0)
x02210 - 

Nic