Biography:
Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, Barking, Essex, England, 20 December, 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes.
In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London's pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking.
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Other songs:
- A New England (kingblues)
- Old Clash Fan Fight Song
- To Have And To Have Not
- A Lover Sings
- A New England
- A13 Trunk Road To The Sea
- Accident Waiting To Happen
- Airline To Heaven
- All You Fascists
- At My Window Sad And Lonely
- Bad Penny
- Between The Wars
- Birds And Ships
- Blood Of The Lamb
- Brickbat
- Bugeye Jim
- California Stars
- Chain Of Broken Hearts
- Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
- Days Like These
- Dry Bed
- Eisler On The Go
- Everybody Loves You Babe
- Everywhere
- Feed Of Man
- Full English Brexit
- Greetings To The New Brunette
- Handyman Blues
- Hard Times Of Old England Retold
- Help Save The Youth Of America
- Hesitating Beauty
- Hobos Lullaby
- Honey Im A Big Boy Now
- Hoodoo Voodoo
- I Aint Got Not Home
- I Almost Killed You
- Ideology
- Ingrid Bergman
- It Says Here
- Levi Stubbs Tears
- Life With Lions
- Life With The Lions
- Like Soldiers Do
- Listening To The Wind That Blows
- Little Time Bomb
- Lovers Town Revisited
- Loving You Too Long
- M For Me
- Must I Paint You A Picture
- My Thirty Thousand
- My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- Never Buy The Sun
- Never Cross A Picket Line
- New England
- No One Knows Anyone Anymore
- No Power Without Accountability
- Northern Industrial Town
- Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
- One By One
- Only One
- Ontario Quebec And Me
- Price I Pay
- Raglan Road
- Railroad Bill
- Remember The Mountain Bed
- Richard
- Rotting On Remand
- Rule Nor Reason
- Rumours Of War
- Saturday Boy
- Secret Of The Sea
- Sexuality
- She Came Along To Me
- Shes Got A New Spell
- Sin City
- Sing Their Souls Back Home
- Someday Some Morning Sometime
- Spacerace Is Over
- St Swithins Day
- Stetson Kennedy
- Take Down The Union Jack
- Talking Wag Club Blues
- The Boy Done Good
- The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
- The Home Front
- The Internationale
- The Man In The Iron Mask
- The Only One
- The Passion
- The Price I Pay
- The Price Of Oil
- The Short Answer
- The Unwelcome Guest
- The Warmest Room
- There Is Power In A Union
- There Will Be A Reckoning
- Upfield
- Valentines Day Is Over
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
- Walt Whitmans Niece
- Warmest Room
- Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key
- Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
- Where The Roses Are In Bloom
- Why We Build The Wall
- Wishing The Days Away
- World Turned Upside Down
- You Make Me Brave
- You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
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From: [email protected] (William Vaughan)
Date: 20 Jul 1995 19:05:41 GMT
Here's Billy Braggs "A Lover Sings" off of Back to Basics.
Its done in Billy's typical muting/loud rhythm style that
you have to listen to to do correctly. Concentrate on the bass
strings in the G Em and C Am patterns. The ending chords might
be a little suspect.
Chords
G 355433 Am 577555 G* xx0033
Em 022000 C* x32010 Em* xx2003
C 8(10)(10)988 D xx0232
Intro G Em
*verse 1*
G Em G Em
You and I are victims of a love
G Em G Em
That lost a lot in the translation
C Am C Am
When I think of all the time that I spent
G Em G Em
Sitting on the edge of your bed in anticipation
G* D D Em*
Of you giving and us living in sin
*verse 2 - same*
A hot day, the smell of hairspray
And the sound of a shower running softly
It's things like this that remind me how I felt
The first time you came back for coffee
The way you took it, amazed me
G Em G Em
Walking in the park kissing in the dark
G Em C Am
And my head against your pillow
C Am G Em G Em
Late at night a lover sings
D Em C* G Em G Em
Adam and Eve are finding out all about love
D Em C* G Em G Em
I say Adam and Eve are finding out all about love
*verse 3 - same as other two*
There is no real substitute
For a ball struck squarely and firmly
And you're the kind of girl who wants to
Open up the bottle of pop
Too early in the journey
Our love went flat just like that
*verse 4 - again same*
It doesn't matter the colour of the car
But what goes on beneath the bonnet
Is there a flag that flies above your heart
And is my name writ there upon it
Wedding cake and toothache
Equals love and pain
G Em G Em
Walking in the park kissing on the carpet
G Em
And your tights around your ankles
C Am C Am G Em G Em
Late at night a lover thinks of these things
D Em C* G Em G Em
Adam and Eve are finding out all about love
D Em C* G Em G Em
I say Adam and Eve are finding out all about love
D Em C*
Adam and Eve are finding out all about
D Em C*
Adam and Eve are finding out all about
D Em C* G Em C
Teresa and Steve are finding out all about love
G Em C
G Em C
G Em C Am Em G
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: [email protected] (William Vaughan)
Date: 20 Jul 1995 19:05:41 GMT
Here's Billy Braggs "A Lover Sings" off of Back to Basics.
Its done in Billy's typical muting/loud rhythm style that
you have to listen to to do correctly. Concentrate on the bass
strings in the G Em and C Am patterns. The ending chords might
be a little suspect.
Chords
G 355433 Am 577555 G* xx0033
Em 022000 C* x32010 Em* xx2003
C 8(10)(10)988 D xx0232
Intro G Em
*verse 1*
G Em G Em
You and I are victims of a love
G Em G Em
That lost a lot in the translation
C Am C Am
When I think of all the time that I spent
G Em G Em
Sitting on the edge of your bed in anticipation
G* D D Em*
Of you giving and us living in sin
*verse 2 - same*
A hot day, the smell of hairspray
And the sound of a shower running softly
It's things like this that remind me how I felt
The first time you came back for coffee
The way you took it, amazed me
G Em G Em
Walking in the park kissing in the dark
G Em C Am
And my head against your pillow
C Am G Em G Em
Late at night a lover sings
D Em C* G Em G Em
Adam and Eve are finding out all about love
D Em C* G Em G Em
I say Adam and Eve are finding out all about love
*verse 3 - same as other two*
There is no real substitute
For a ball struck squarely and firmly
And you're the kind of girl who wants to
Open up the bottle of pop
Too early in the journey
Our love went flat just like that
*verse 4 - again same*
It doesn't matter the colour of the car
But what goes on beneath the bonnet
Is there a flag that flies above your heart
And is my name writ there upon it
Wedding cake and toothache
Equals love and pain
G Em G Em
Walking in the park kissing on the carpet
G Em
And your tights around your ankles
C Am C Am G Em G Em
Late at night a lover thinks of these things
D Em C* G Em G Em
Adam and Eve are finding out all about love
D Em C* G Em G Em
I say Adam and Eve are finding out all about love
D Em C*
Adam and Eve are finding out all about
D Em C*
Adam and Eve are finding out all about
D Em C* G Em C
Teresa and Steve are finding out all about love
G Em C
G Em C
G Em C Am Em G
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