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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- To Have And To Have Not
- A Lover Sings
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- 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
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- 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
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From: [email protected] (William Vaughan)
Date: 20 Jul 1995 19:06:46 GMT
Subject: CRD Billy Bragg's "St. Swithins Day"
Here's Billy Bragg's "St. Swithins Day" off of Back to
Basics. Timing is everything here, so listen to the record
too. With the main picking pattern, during the verses and
the first two times in the intro, the high E string isn't picked
- everywhere else the progression shows up, it is. A case
could be made that the C/G is really Gsus4, but the latter
sounds better to me. On the last line of the verse (F, C, G)
stress the bass strings. Capo on 2nd fret.
Chords
C/F xx3010 F xx321x
C/E xx2010 Am x02210
C x32010 G* xx543x
C/G 3x2010 G 320003
Intro C/F C/E C C/G G (2 times w/o high E, next two with)
C/G G C/G G C/G G
C/F C/E C C/G G
Thinking back now
C/F C/E C C/G G
I suppose you were just stating your views
C/F C/E C C/G G
What was it all for
C/F C/E C C/G G
For the weather or the battle of Agincourt
F G*
And the times that we all hoped would last
Am (pick through)
Like a train they have gone by so fast
F C G
And though we stood together at the edge of the platform
We were not moved by them
*Intro pattern again 2 xs with high E)*
*same*
With my own hands
When I make love to your memory
It's not the same
I miss the thunder
I miss the rain
And the fact that you don't understand
Cast a shadow over this land
But the sun still shines from behind it
*same*
Thanks all the same
But I just can't bring myself to answer your letters
It's not your fault
But your honesty touches me like a fire
The polaroids that hold us together
Will surely fade away
Like the love that we spoke of forever
On St. Swithins Day
*Intro with high E and fade into cool keyboard thing*
#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 19:06:46 GMT
Subject: CRD Billy Bragg's "St. Swithins Day"
Here's Billy Bragg's "St. Swithins Day" off of Back to
Basics. Timing is everything here, so listen to the record
too. With the main picking pattern, during the verses and
the first two times in the intro, the high E string isn't picked
- everywhere else the progression shows up, it is. A case
could be made that the C/G is really Gsus4, but the latter
sounds better to me. On the last line of the verse (F, C, G)
stress the bass strings. Capo on 2nd fret.
Chords
C/F xx3010 F xx321x
C/E xx2010 Am x02210
C x32010 G* xx543x
C/G 3x2010 G 320003
Intro C/F C/E C C/G G (2 times w/o high E, next two with)
C/G G C/G G C/G G
C/F C/E C C/G G
Thinking back now
C/F C/E C C/G G
I suppose you were just stating your views
C/F C/E C C/G G
What was it all for
C/F C/E C C/G G
For the weather or the battle of Agincourt
F G*
And the times that we all hoped would last
Am (pick through)
Like a train they have gone by so fast
F C G
And though we stood together at the edge of the platform
We were not moved by them
*Intro pattern again 2 xs with high E)*
*same*
With my own hands
When I make love to your memory
It's not the same
I miss the thunder
I miss the rain
And the fact that you don't understand
Cast a shadow over this land
But the sun still shines from behind it
*same*
Thanks all the same
But I just can't bring myself to answer your letters
It's not your fault
But your honesty touches me like a fire
The polaroids that hold us together
Will surely fade away
Like the love that we spoke of forever
On St. Swithins Day
*Intro with high E and fade into cool keyboard thing*
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