"Algunos cantautores, cuando tocan se imaginan que son Bob Dylan; yo me imagino que soy The Clash"
Billy Bragg, nacido en Barking, Essex-Inglaterra el 20 de diciembre de 1957, es un cantautor izquierdista muy vinculado al movimiento obrero.
Formó parte del llamado anti-Folk de los años 80. Es un artista influido tanto por el punk-rock (en especial The Clash, se le conoció como el 'one-man-Clash'), como por los cantautores comprometidos, en especial
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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I've tried to arrange the brass harmonies for guitar. hmmm ;-)
[intro & chorus]:
G(III)Em(III)G(III)G(0) D e-|-------------3-----3-3---5-3----------------3---2-0----------|| B-|-------------3---5-5-5-5-3-3----------------0---3--3--1-0----|| G-|-------------4---4--------------------------0---2--------2~0-|| D-|:---------5------5--------------------------0---0-----------:|| A-|----------5------------------------------5-------------------|| E-|----------3------------------------------3-------------------|| I'm going upfield way up on the hillside I'm going higher than I've ever been before thats where youll find me way up in the hillside
G(III)Em(0) DG(0) D wading in the river reaching for that other shore
[verse]:
Em(0) DG(0) Em(0) G(0) D I dreamed I saw a tree full of angels up on Primrose Hill and I flew with them over the Great Wen till I seen my fill of such pov---er------ty and misery sure to tear my soul apart
Em(0) DG(0) Am* G(0) D ||: I've got a so---cialism of the heart :|| x2
[chorus]
the angels asked me how I felt about all I'd seen and heard that they spoke to me, a pagan, gave me cause to doubt their word but they laughed and said it doesn't matter if you help us in our art ||: you've got a socialism of the heart :|| x2
[chorus]
their faces shone and they were gone and I was left alone and I walked these ancient empire streets till I came tearful to my home and when I woke next morning, I vowed to play my part
||: I've got a socialism of the heart :|| x2
[chorus]
*Am in the last line of the verse might be an Em(0).
Em(III) is : x__x____________ | | | | | | |__|__1__1__1__1 3rd fret | | | | | | |__|__|__2__|__| | | | | | | |__|__3__|__4_(4) so when you go from G(III)->Em(III), | | | | | | don't move your 1st & 2nd fingers |__|__|__|__|__|
EADGBe 355433 - G(III) xx5453 - Em(III) 320003 - G(0) xx0232 - D 022000 - Em(0) x02210 - Am