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