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A Place Called England by June Tabor
A Place Called England
Tuning:G C E A
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Dm Dm7 Asus2
[Verse 1]
A E A F#M
I rode out on a bright May morning
D A F#m E
Like a hero in a song
A E A F#m
Looking for a place called England
D A F#m A
Trying to find where I belong
Bm A D A
Couldn't find the old flood meadow
D Em D A
Or the house that I once knew
Bm A D A
No trace of the little river
D Em D Dm
Or the garden where I grew
[Verse 2]
A E A F#m
I saw town and I saw country
D A F#m E
Motorway and sink estate
A E A F#m
Rich man in his rolling acres
D A D A
Poor man still outside the gate
Bm A D A
Retail park and burger kingdom
D Em D A
Prairie field and factory farm
Bm A D A
Run by men who think that England's
D Em D Dm
Only a place to park their car
Dm7 - Asus2
[Verse 3]
A E A F#m
But as the train pulled from the station
D A F#m E
Through the wastelands of despair
A E A F#m
From the corner of my eye
D A D A
A brightness filled the filthy air
Bm A D A
Someone's grown a patch of sunflowers
D Em D A
Though the soil is sooty black
Bm A D A
Marigolds and a few tomatoes
D Em D Dm
Right beside the railway track
[Verse 4]
A E A F#m
Down behind the terraced houses
D A F#m E
In between the concrete towers
A E A F#m
Compost heaps and scarlet runners
D A D A
Secret gardens full of flowers
Bm A D A
Rita grows her scented roses
D Em D A
Right beneath the big jet's path
Bm A D A
Bid a fortune for her garden
D Em D Dm
Eileen turns away and laughs
Asus4 - Fmaj7
[Verse 5]
A E A F#m
So rise up George and wake up Arthur
D A F#m E
Time to rouse out from your sleep
A E A F#m
Deck the halls with sea-green ribbons
D A D A
Drag the old sword from the deep
Bm A D A
Hold the line for Dave and Daniel
D Em D A
As they tunnel through the clay
Bm A D A
While the oak in all its glory
D Em D Dm
Soaks up sun for one more day
[Verse 6]
A E A F#m
And come all you at home with freedom
D A F#m E
Whatever the land that gave you birth
A E A F#m
There's room for you both root and branch
D A Bm7 A
As long as you love the English earth
Bm A D A
Room for vole and room for orchid
D Em D A
Room for all to grow and thrive
Bm A D A
Just less room for the fat landowner
D Em D Dm
On his arse in his four-wheel drive
Dm7 - Asus4 - Asus2
[Verse 7]
A E A F#m
For England is not flag or Empire
D A F#m E
It is not money it is not blood
A E A F#m
It's limestone gorge and granite fell
D A D A
It's Weald and clay and Severn mud
Bm A D A
It's blackbird singing from the may-tree
D Em D A
Lark ascending through the scales
Bm A D A
Robin watching from his spade
D Em D Dm
And English earth beneath your nails
Asus2
[Verse 8]
A E A F#m
So here's two cheers for a place called England
D A F#m E
Sore abused but not yet dead
A E A F#m
A Mr. Harding sort of England
D A D A
Hanging in there by a thread
Bm A D A
Here's two cheers for the crazy Diggers
D Em D A
Now their hour has come around
Bm A D A
We shall plant the seed they saved us
D Em D Dm
Common wealth and common ground
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