The Unwelcome Guest

The Unwelcome Guest easy guitar chords by Billy Bragg

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  • Verse 1
    To the 
    rich 
    man's 
    bright 
    lodges 

    ride 
    in 
    this 
    wind 

    On 
    my 
    good 
    horse, 
    call 
    you 

    My 
    shiny 
    black 
    Bess 

    Verse 2
    To the 
    playhouse 
    of 
    fortune 

    To take 
    the 
    bright 
    silver 

    And 
    gold 
    you 
    have 
    taken 

    From 
    somebody 
    else 

    Verse 3
    And 
    as 
    we 
    go 
    rid
    ing 

    In 
    the 
    damp 
    foggy 
    midnight 

    You snort, 
    my 
    good 
    pony 

    And 
    you 
    give 
    me 
    your 
    be
    st 

    Verse 4
    For 
    you 
    know 
    and 
    know 

    Good 
    horse 
    'mongst 
    the 
    rich 
    ones 

    How 
    oftimes 
    we 
    go 
    there 

    An 
    unwelcome 
    guest 

    Verse 5

    never 
    took 
    food 

    From 
    the 
    widows 
    and 
    orphans 

    And 
    never 
    a hardworking 
    man 
    op
    pressed 

    Verse 6
    So 
    take 
    your 
    pace 
    easy 

    For 
    home 
    soon 
    like 
    lightning 

    We 
    soon 
    will 
    be 
    riding 

    My 
    shiny 
    black 
    Bess 

    Verse 7
    No 
    fat 
    rich 
    man's 
    pony 

    Can 
    ever overtake 
    you 

    And 
    there's 
    not 
    rider 

    From 
    the 
    east 
    to 
    the west

    Verse 8
    Could 
    hold 
    you 
    a light 

    In 
    this 
    dark 
    mist 
    and 
    midnight 

    When the 
    potbellied 
    thieves 

    Chase 
    the 
    unwel
    come 
    guest 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 9
    don't 
    know, 
    good 
    horse 

    As we 
    trot 
    in 
    this 
    dark 
    here 

    That 
    robbing 
    the 
    rich 

    Is 
    for 
    worse 
    or 
    for 
    best 

    Verse 10
    They 
    take 
    it 
    by 
    stealing 

    And lying 
    and 
    gambling 

    And 
    take 
    it 
    my 
    way 

    My 
    shiny 
    Black 
    Bess 

    Verse 11
    treat 
    horses 
    good 

    And 
    I'm 
    friendly 
    to strangers 

    ride 
    and 
    your 
    running 

    Makes 
    my 
    guns 
    talk 
    the 
    best 

    Verse 12
    And the 
    rangers 
    and 
    deputies 

    Are 
    hired 
    by 
    the 
    rich 
    man 

    To catch 
    me 
    an
    hang 
    me 

    My 
    shining 
    black 
    Bess 

    Interlude 2



    Verse 13
    Yes, 
    they'll 
    catch 
    me 
    napping 
    one 
    day 

    And 
    they'll 
    kill 
    me 

    And 
    then 
    I'll 
    be 
    gone 

    But 
    that 
    won't 
    be 
    my 
    end 

    Verse 14
    For 
    my 
    guns 
    and 
    my 
    saddle 

    Will 
    always 
    be 
    filled 

    By 
    unwelcome 
    trav
    elers 

    And 
    other 
    brave 
    men 

    Verse 15
    And 
    they'll 
    take 
    the 
    money 

    And 
    spread 
    it 
    out 
    equal 

    Just 
    like 
    the Bib
    le 

    And 
    the prophets 
    sug
    gest 

    Verse 16
    But 
    men 
    that 
    go 
    riding 

    To 
    help 
    these 
    poor 
    workers 

    The 
    rich 
    will 
    cut 
    down 

    Like 
    an 
    unwel
    come 
    guest 

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