Bread And Circuses chords by Billy Bragg
Verse 1
Am
Crowds gather round,
G
Kneeling at the feet of common thieves,
E
Am
Hungry for the
Word,
But
God would never speak
G
to such as these,
E
Such as these,
F
C
Who are for healing hands and bones,
Dm
And redemption if you
C
cross their palms
F
They'll tell your troubles to the
C
Lord
D
F
Am
For however much you can afford
Hands holding hands in the circle of the
G
E
sinners and the saved
Am
Memories that linger from the cradle
G
placing puzzles in the grave
E
In the grave
F
C
No mortal, skin and bone
Dm
C
Can live on bread and circuses alone
F
C
The spirit needs must thrive
D
The mystery of
G
C
G
F
While you're alive
Am
C
G
F
They look in their book and they read
Am
C
G
F
But their cold hearts say
Am
G
Am
Follow me
Dance in the dust, in the frenzy
G
E
Of the desperately in need
Am
G
Led by the voices of the men who invoke ritual to hide their greed,
E
hide their greed
F
C
Come every town, every isle,
Dm
C
across the crumbling earth and cracking skies
F
C
The gates of hell stand open wide,
D
G
C
G
F
but the path of glory you walk is single file.
Am
G
C
F
They lurk in their boyhood, baby,
Am
C
G
F
Am
G
Am
but their cold hearts say, follow me.
These men make a cage for the very
G
E
souls that came here to be freed
Am
They turn out their lights, fold their tents,
G
E
C
G
F
Am
C
G
F
Am
G
C
G
they're fixin' to leave
Am
D
F
C
G
F
Am
G
C
They're lucky,
G
F
they're born and they're rich
Am
C
G
F
But their cold heart is here,
Am
D
F
C
F
found on me
Am
C
They'll close all their book
G
F
Am
s and they'll leave
C
G
F
Am
G
D
The cold hard sheets
F
C
G
F
On my knees
Am
G
C
They'll close their
G
F
Am
book and leave
G
C
They'll close up their
G
F
groups and they'll leave
Am
G
D
F
You and me
Still you and me
Bread And Circuses
Billy Bragg
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