Cable Street chords by Greg Rowlands

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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On
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the 4th of October 1936,
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I was only a lad of 16
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But I stood beside men
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who were three -score and tattered,
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and average in between
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We were dockers and teachers,
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busmen and engineers,
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and those with no job to do
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We were wo men an d  children,
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equal in union,
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Atheists, Christians and Jews,
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And we had so much to lose.
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Now with Hitler in Germany,
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Franco in Spain,
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we knew what fascism  meant.
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So when Moseley came trouncin',
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denouncin' the Jews
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To the East End of London we went
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For I'd met refugees who
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had fled overseas
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Germans, Italians and Jews
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And I knew their despair,
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but what they'd seen there,
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and I couldn't let them be abused.
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We had so much to lose.
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Now 3  ,000 fascists,
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their uniforms black,
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had set out to march on that day
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And six thousand policemen
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intended to greet them
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by making clear their way
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But we were there ready,
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our nerves they were steady
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One hundred thousand in bus
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And we planted our feet along Cable Street
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And we sang, they shall not pass
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We sang, they shall not pass
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And all us young lads we were sent
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To the side streets to stop
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The police breaking through
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And with swift hands we made
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Strong barricades out of
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anything we could use
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But they came to charge us,
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but they couldn't barge us
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With fists, batons and hooves
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With as good as we got,
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we withstood the lot
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For we would not be moved
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Yes, there was vi olence,
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yes, there was blood
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And I saw things a lad shouldn't see
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But I'll not re
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gret the day that I stood
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and London stood with me
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And when the news spread
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that the day had been won
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and Moseley was limping away
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There were shouts, there were cheers,
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there were songs,
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there were tears
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and I  hear them all to this day
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We all swore then
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that we'd stand up again
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for as long as our legs stood
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And when we were gone,
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our daughters and sons
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would stand where we stood
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It was the first time I'd heard
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two tiny words said by every
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wo man and man
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And I  say them still, and I  always will,
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No passer -on.
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