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