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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Date: 02 Nov 1997 17:55:17 Z
From: "Boulton, Nic"
Subject: TAB: /b/Bragg_Billy/Accident_waiting_to_happen.tab
>From Don't try this at home.
[intro]:
||: Bm(VII) A(V) D D :|| x2
[verse]:
Ds9 D Dsus4
a -||--0--2--2-2---3---3-3--||---|
B -||--3--3--3-3---3---3-3--||---|
G -||.-2--2--2-2---2---2-2-.||---|
D -||.-0--0--0-0---0---0-0-.||---|
A -||-----------------------||---|
E -||-----------------------||---| [call this riff1]
[riff1]
ive always been impressed with the girl
who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well
G Em D [riff1]
thats the way I am, heaven help me
[riff1]
she said we dont like peace campaigners round here
as she nailed another one to the wall
G Em D [riff1]
and thats the way I am heaven help me
G A D G
goodbye and good luck to the promises youve broken
goodbye and good luck to the rubbish that youve spoken
G A D G
your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion
G A D [riff1]
youre an accident waiting to happen
[riff1]
there you are standing at the bar and youre
giving me grief about the DDR
G Em D [riff1]
and that chip on your shoulder gets bigger as you get older
[riff1]
one of these nights youre gonna get caught
itll give you a pregnant pause for thought
G Em D [riff1]
youre a dedicated follower of facism
G A D G
time up and time out for all the liberties youve taken
time up and time out for all the friends that youve forsaken
G A D G
if you choose to waste away like death is back in fashion
G A Ds9 D Dsus
youre an accident waiting to happen
[riff1]
my tears are so unoriginal
I have all the self loathing of a wolf in sheeps clothing
G Em D [riff1]
in this carnival of carnivores heaven help me
G A D G
goodbye and good luck to all the promises youve broken
goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that youve spoken
G A D G
your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion
G A D [riff1]
youre an accident waiting to happen
chords
EADGBe
320003 - G
xx0230 - Dsus9
xx0232 - D
xx0232 - Dsus4
022000 - Em
x02220 - A
7990xx - Bm(VII)
5776xx - A(V)
I'm not too sure about the A in the into - any improvements welcome
Nic
[email protected]
#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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Date: 02 Nov 1997 17:55:17 Z
From: "Boulton, Nic"
Subject: TAB: /b/Bragg_Billy/Accident_waiting_to_happen.tab
>From Don't try this at home.
[intro]:
||: Bm(VII) A(V) D D :|| x2
[verse]:
Ds9 D Dsus4
a -||--0--2--2-2---3---3-3--||---|
B -||--3--3--3-3---3---3-3--||---|
G -||.-2--2--2-2---2---2-2-.||---|
D -||.-0--0--0-0---0---0-0-.||---|
A -||-----------------------||---|
E -||-----------------------||---| [call this riff1]
[riff1]
ive always been impressed with the girl
who could sing for her supper and get breakfast as well
G Em D [riff1]
thats the way I am, heaven help me
[riff1]
she said we dont like peace campaigners round here
as she nailed another one to the wall
G Em D [riff1]
and thats the way I am heaven help me
G A D G
goodbye and good luck to the promises youve broken
goodbye and good luck to the rubbish that youve spoken
G A D G
your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion
G A D [riff1]
youre an accident waiting to happen
[riff1]
there you are standing at the bar and youre
giving me grief about the DDR
G Em D [riff1]
and that chip on your shoulder gets bigger as you get older
[riff1]
one of these nights youre gonna get caught
itll give you a pregnant pause for thought
G Em D [riff1]
youre a dedicated follower of facism
G A D G
time up and time out for all the liberties youve taken
time up and time out for all the friends that youve forsaken
G A D G
if you choose to waste away like death is back in fashion
G A Ds9 D Dsus
youre an accident waiting to happen
[riff1]
my tears are so unoriginal
I have all the self loathing of a wolf in sheeps clothing
G Em D [riff1]
in this carnival of carnivores heaven help me
G A D G
goodbye and good luck to all the promises youve broken
goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that youve spoken
G A D G
your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion
G A D [riff1]
youre an accident waiting to happen
chords
EADGBe
320003 - G
xx0230 - Dsus9
xx0232 - D
xx0232 - Dsus4
022000 - Em
x02220 - A
7990xx - Bm(VII)
5776xx - A(V)
I'm not too sure about the A in the into - any improvements welcome
Nic
[email protected]
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