Rumours of War chords by Billy Bragg
Verse 1
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There were soldiers marching
on the common today
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F
They were there again this
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evening
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They paced up and down like
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seabirds on the ground
Am
Before the storm clouds gathering
Verse 2
Am
I must buy whatever tin food
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Am
is left on the shelves
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F
They're testing the air-raid sirens
C
sirens
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They've built up the blood-banks
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and and emptied the beds
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Dm
Am
At the hospital and the asylum
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Verse 3
Am
Saw a man build a shelter in
his garden today
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F
C
As we stood there idly chatting
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He said "No,
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no I don't think war will come"
Am
Yet still he carried on digging
Interlude 1
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C
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Verse 4
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G
Am
Everything in my life that I love
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C
Could be swept away without warning
Am
Yet the birds still sing and
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the church bells ring
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F
Am
And the sun came up this morning
Verse 5
G
Life goes on as it did before
Am
G
As the country drifts slowly to war
Rumours of War
Billy Bragg
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