The Unwelcome Guest chords by
Billy Bragg

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

C

C

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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Am

Am

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To the rich man's bright lodges

F

F

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C

C

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I ride in this wind

Am

Am

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On my good horse, I call you

D

D

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G

G

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My shiny black Bess

Verse 2

C

C

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Am

Am

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To the playhouse of fortune

F

F

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C

C

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To take the bright silver

G

G

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Am

Am

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And gold you have taken

F

F

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C

C

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From somebody else

Verse 3

C

C

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Am

Am

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And as we go riding

F

F

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C

C

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In the damp foggy midnight

G

G

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Am

Am

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You snort, my good pony

D

D

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G

G

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And you give me your best

Verse 4

C

C

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Am

Am

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For you know and I know

F

F

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C

C

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Good horse 'mongst the rich ones

Am

Am

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How oftimes we go there

F

F

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C

C

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An unwelcome guest

G

G

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Am

Am

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F

F

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Verse 5

C

C

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Am

Am

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I never took food

F

F

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C

C

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From the widows and orphans

Am

Am

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D

D

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G

G

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And never a hardworking man I oppressed

Verse 6

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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So take your pace easy

F

F

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C

C

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For home soon like lightning

G

G

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Am

Am

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We soon will be riding

F

F

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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My shiny black Bess

Verse 7

C

C

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Am

Am

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No fat rich man's pony

F

F

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C

C

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Can ever overtake you

G

G

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Am

Am

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And there's not a rider

D

D

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G

G

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From the east to the west

Verse 8

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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Could hold you a light

F

F

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C

C

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In this dark mist and midnight

When the potbellied thieves

Am

Am

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F

F

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Chase the unwelcome guest

Interlude 1

C

C

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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Verse 9

Am

Am

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I don't know, good horse

F

F

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C

C

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As we trot in this dark here

Am

Am

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That robbing the rich

D

D

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G

G

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Is for worse or for best

Verse 10

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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They take it by stealing

F

F

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C

C

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And lying and gambling

Am

Am

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And I take it my way

F

F

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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My shiny Black Bess

Verse 11

C

C

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Am

Am

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I treat horses good

F

F

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C

C

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And I'm friendly to strangers

Am

Am

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I ride and your running

D

D

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G

G

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Makes my guns talk the best

Verse 12

C

C

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Am

Am

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And the rangers and deputies

F

F

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C

C

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Are hired by the rich man

Am

Am

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To catch me and hang me

F

F

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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My shining black Bess

Interlude 2

C

C

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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Am

Am

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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Verse 13

C

C

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Am

Am

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F

F

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Yes, they'll catch me napping one day

C

C

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And they'll kill me

Am

Am

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And then I'll be gone

D

D

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G

G

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But that won't be my end

Verse 14

C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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For my guns and my saddle

F

F

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C

C

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Will always be filled

G

G

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Am

Am

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By unwelcome travelers

F

F

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C

C

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And other brave men

Verse 15

C

C

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Am

Am

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And they'll take the money

F

F

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C

C

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And spread it out equal

Am

Am

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Just like the Bible

D

D

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G

G

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And the prophets suggest

Verse 16

C

C

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Am

Am

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But men that go riding

F

F

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C

C

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To help these poor workers

Am

Am

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The rich will cut down

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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Like an unwelcome guest

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