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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Subject: Re: Saturday Boy - Billy Bragg
Capo at the 2nd fret here. Here are the chrds
D x5777xx (so this is actually an E)
D/C# x4777xx
A 577655
G 355433
Bm xx4432
A(*) x0222x
D5 xx023x
G(*) 320003
D D/C# A G A D
I'll never forget the first day I met her
D/C# A G A
That September morning was clear and fresh
D D/C# A G A
The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes
D D/C# A G A
and the way she rubbed her dress against the edge of my desk
(same as first verse)
She became a magic mystery to me and we'd
sit together in double history twice a week
and some days we'd walk the same way home
and its surprising how quick a little rain can clear the streets
(chorus)
Bm A(*) D5
I dreamed of her in my bed of dreams
Bm G(*)
but that was all that I ever tasted
Bm A(*) D5
she lied to me with her body you see
G F# E G F# E G F# E B A (<---these are notes on the
and I lied to myself bout the chances I wasted low E and A strings)
(same as first verse except where noted)
The times we were close were few and far between
in the darkness of the dances of the school cantene
did she close her eyes as I did when we held each other tightly
D (hold) G A
and lalalalalalalalala..... means I love you
(flute solo over verse chords, whistle if you've got the chops :) )
(same)
She danced with me and I still hold that memory soft and sweet
and eyes stared out the window as I walked down her street
but I never made the first team, I just made the first team laugh
and she never came to the phone, she was always in the bath
Bm A(*) D5
In the end it took me a dic - tionary
Bm G(*)
to find the meaning of unrequited
Bm A(*) D5
while she was giving herself for free
G F# E G F# E G F# E B A (<--- again single notes on low E and A)
at a party to which I was never invited
(same)
I never understood my feeling then and I
hide my humble hopes now
Thinking back, she made us want her
A girl not old enough to shave her legs
Subject: Re: Saturday Boy - Billy Bragg
Capo at the 2nd fret here. Here are the chrds
D x5777xx (so this is actually an E)
D/C# x4777xx
A 577655
G 355433
Bm xx4432
A(*) x0222x
D5 xx023x
G(*) 320003
D D/C# A G A D
I'll never forget the first day I met her
D/C# A G A
That September morning was clear and fresh
D D/C# A G A
The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes
D D/C# A G A
and the way she rubbed her dress against the edge of my desk
(same as first verse)
She became a magic mystery to me and we'd
sit together in double history twice a week
and some days we'd walk the same way home
and its surprising how quick a little rain can clear the streets
(chorus)
Bm A(*) D5
I dreamed of her in my bed of dreams
Bm G(*)
but that was all that I ever tasted
Bm A(*) D5
she lied to me with her body you see
G F# E G F# E G F# E B A (<---these are notes on the
and I lied to myself bout the chances I wasted low E and A strings)
(same as first verse except where noted)
The times we were close were few and far between
in the darkness of the dances of the school cantene
did she close her eyes as I did when we held each other tightly
D (hold) G A
and lalalalalalalalala..... means I love you
(flute solo over verse chords, whistle if you've got the chops :) )
(same)
She danced with me and I still hold that memory soft and sweet
and eyes stared out the window as I walked down her street
but I never made the first team, I just made the first team laugh
and she never came to the phone, she was always in the bath
Bm A(*) D5
In the end it took me a dic - tionary
Bm G(*)
to find the meaning of unrequited
Bm A(*) D5
while she was giving herself for free
G F# E G F# E G F# E B A (<--- again single notes on low E and A)
at a party to which I was never invited
(same)
I never understood my feeling then and I
hide my humble hopes now
Thinking back, she made us want her
A girl not old enough to shave her legs
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