Alliance chords by Robert Wyatt

SimplifiedEm · D · C# · C · B …

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Em
D
C#
C
B
C#m
Cm
Bm
A
Bb
Am
Cdim
G
Gm
Bbdim
Bbm
F

Verse 1
Em 
There is a kind of com
D 
C# 
C 
B 
promise you are master of
C#m 
C# 
Your endless gentle nudging
Cm 
C 
B 
Em 
left us polarised
D 
It's hard to talk to enemies
C#m 
Cm 
Bm 
– and we    are enemies
C#m 
Cm 
What we had in common makes
C 
B 
Em 
it even worse
D 
C#m 
You're proud of being middle class
Cm 
Bm 
(meaning upper class)
C#m 
Cm 
C 
You say you're self sufficient (but you don't dig your
B 
A 
Bb 
A 
C 
A 
Am 
Cm 
Am 
own
A 
Em 
coal)

Verse 2
D 
I think that what you're frightened of
C#m 
Cm 
Bm 
more  than anything
C#m 
Is knowing you need workers
Cm 
B 
Em 
more than they need you
D 
C#m 
"A herd of independent minds"
Cm 
Bm 
Chomsky got it right
C#m 
Cm 
C 
You're jogging into battle wav ing old school ties