The Passion chords by Billy Bragg
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Intro 1
(E minor) (A minor) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (A minor) (G major)
(E minor) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 1
(E minor) Fear (A minor) of a daughter run (G major) s high
In the (E minor) mind (C major) of the father-to-be
For (G major) For For something (E minor) is (A minor)
growing in (G major) side
But we (E minor) don't (C major) talk about it, do (G major) we?
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Verse 2
In the (E minor) long empty (A minor) passionless
(G major) night
Many times (E minor) (C major) to herself she has (G major) prayed
That the (E minor) baby (A minor) will love her
much (G major) more
Than the (E minor) big boy who (C major) stole
her away (G major)
Verse 3
And sometimes (C major) it takes a grown
man a long time to learn
Just what it would take a (G major) child
a night to learn
And some (C major) times it takes a grown
man a long time to learn
Just what it would take a (B minor) child
a night (G major) to learn (B minor)
Verse 4
It pains her to know (E minor) that some
(C minor) things will never be (G major) right (B minor)
If the baby is (E minor) just someone (C major) else to (C minor) take
sides in the fight (D major) (Dsus4) (D major)
Harsh (E minor) words (A minor) between bride and (G major) groom
The (E minor) dis tance is great
(C major) er each (G major) day
(E minor) He smokes (A minor) alone in the (G major) next room
And she (E minor) (C major) knits her life (G major) away
Verse 5
And some (C major) times it takes a grown
man a long time to learn
Just what it would take a (G major) child
a night to learn
And sometimes (C major) it takes a grown
man a long time to learn
Just what it would take a (G major) child
a night to learn (B minor)
Verse 6
A long time ago (E minor) she saw (C major) vis
(C minor) ions on the stairs (G major) (B minor)
And when she felt (E minor) dizzy her (C major) mother
(C minor) was always (D major) there (A minor) (Dsus4) (D major)
(E minor) The home help (A minor) is no help at (G major) all
I (E minor) have not commit (C major) ted a (G major) crime
(E minor) Angels (A minor) gaze down from the wall (G major)
Is there a (E minor) God? (C major) Is there a nex (G major) t time?
Outro 1
(C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (B minor) (C major) (D major)
(E minor) (C major) (G major)
The Passion
Billy Bragg
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