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The Unwelcome Guest chords by 
Billy Bragg
Verse 1
C
Am
F
C
Am
To the rich man's bright lodges
F
C
I ride in this wind
Am
On my good horse, I call you
D
G
My shiny black Bess
Verse 2
C
Am
To the playhouse of fortune
F
C
To take the bright silver
G
Am
And gold you have taken
F
C
From somebody else
Verse 3
C
Am
And as we go riding
F
C
In the damp foggy midnight
G
Am
You snort, my good pony
D
G
And you give me your best
Verse 4
C
Am
For you know and I know
F
C
Good horse 'mongst the rich ones
Am
How oftimes we go there
F
C
An unwelcome guest
G
Am
F
Verse 5
C
Am
I never took food
F
C
From the widows and orphans
Am
D
G
And never a hardworking man I oppressed
Verse 6
C
G
Am
So take your pace easy
F
C
For home soon like lightning
G
Am
We soon will be riding
F
Dm
C
My shiny black Bess
Verse 7
C
Am
No fat rich man's pony
F
C
Can ever overtake you
G
Am
And there's not a rider
D
G
From the east to the west
Verse 8
C
G
Am
Could hold you a light
F
C
In this dark mist and midnight
When the potbellied thieves
Am
F
Dm
C
Chase the unwelcome guest
Interlude 1
C
Am
F
C
Verse 9
Am
I don't know, good horse
F
C
As we trot in this dark here
Am
That robbing the rich
D
G
Is for worse or for best
Verse 10
C
G
Am
They take it by stealing
F
C
And lying and gambling
Am
And I take it my way
F
Dm
C
My shiny Black Bess
Verse 11
C
Am
I treat horses good
F
C
And I'm friendly to strangers
Am
I ride and your running
D
G
Makes my guns talk the best
Verse 12
C
Am
And the rangers and deputies
F
C
Are hired by the rich man
Am
To catch me and hang me
F
Dm
C
My shining black Bess
Interlude 2
C
Am
F
C
Am
D
G
C
Am
F
C
Am
F
C
Verse 13
C
Am
F
Yes, they'll catch me napping one day
C
And they'll kill me
Am
And then I'll be gone
D
G
But that won't be my end
Verse 14
C
G
Am
For my guns and my saddle
F
C
Will always be filled
G
Am
By unwelcome travelers
F
C
And other brave men
Verse 15
C
Am
And they'll take the money
F
C
And spread it out equal
Am
Just like the Bible
D
G
And the prophets suggest
Verse 16
C
Am
But men that go riding
F
C
To help these poor workers
Am
The rich will cut down
F
G
C
Like an unwelcome guest
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