Ned Ludd Part 2 Rural Retreat by Steeleye Span, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Ned Ludd Part 2 Rural Retreat

Biography:

Steeleye Span formed in 1969 from members of Fairport Convention and out of the ashes of Sweeney's Men creating a distinctive fusion of both British folk with electric rock music. The resulting first version of the band was formed by ex-Fairport bassist Ashley Hutchings and built around two pairs of vocalists, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior and Gay & Terry Woods. Rhythm was to be supplied largely by Hutchings' bass, and without drums.

Tensions between the band grew during the production in 1970 of their first album

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[Intro]
E B E B
E B E B

[Verse]
E
As the people of England in numbers, they double
B
Move to the cities where work is to be found
E
Well, it's farewell green country and greetings, black city
B
Grime smoking chimneys and machines' hellish sound

[Verse]
E
Men, mothers and maidens and most of us children
B
Mindful of starving and bread sparing price
E
We all go to the factory temple to offer
B
Our gift to the idol of Greed, sacrifice

[Verse]
C#m A B E
And it's two months hard labour if workers combine
C#m A B E
But call the man The Gaffer, it's a fifteen guinea fine

[Instrumental]
E A B E A B E
E A B E A B

[Verse]
E
We pay for machines that take food from our table
B
We talk in dark rooms of a fair living wage
E
While their house is filled with the fruits of our labour
B
Percival bets foreign ships out to trade

[Verse]
C#m A B E
And it's two months hard labour if workers combine
C#m A B E
But call the man The Gaffer, it's a fifteen guinea fine

[Instrumental]
E A B E A B E
C F G C F G

[Verse]
C F G
And the bloody code gets harder every day
C G
New sleds are bad for thread
F C G Am
But harking loud and captains swing
F C G C
We'll restore our daily bread

[Verse]
F G
And the bloody code gets harder every day
C G
New sleds are bad for thread
F C G Am
But harking loud and captains swing
F C G C
We'll restore our daily bread

[Instrumental]
C F G C F G C
E A B E A B
E B E B

[Verse]
C#m A B E
Across the narrow waters, where Frenchie fought us hard
C#m A B E
Fathers, sons and brothers died for nothing, be a bard
C#m A B E
No meat in Frenchie's barrel, no cheese upon his board
C#m A B E
No bread on Frenchie's table, no harvest has he stored

[Instrumental]
E A B E A B E
C F G C F G

[Verse]
N.C.
And the bloody code gets harder every day
N.C.
New sleds are bad for thread
N.C.
But harking loud and captains swing
N.C.
We'll restore our daily bread

[Verse]
C F G
And the bloody code gets harder every day
C G
New sleds are bad for thread
F C G Am
But harking loud and captains swing
F C G C
We'll restore our daily bread

[Outro]
C F G C F G C
E A B E A B