Key: E major•
Verse 1
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C
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In sixteen forty- nine to Saint George's Hill
F
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A ragged band they called the Diggers
came to show the people's will
They were the dispossessed,
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reclaiming what was theirs
Verse 2
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C
"We come in peace," they said,
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C
F#m
We come to work the land in common and
to make the waste ground grow
This earth divided we will make whole
So it can be a common treas
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ury for all
Verse 3
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C
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The sin of prop er ty we do disdain
No man has any right to buy and
sell the earth for private gain
By theft and murder they steal the land
Now everywhere the walls rise
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up at their command
Verse 4
B
E
They make the laws to
or they damn us into hell
they serve
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rich while poor folk starve
Verse 5
B
E
eat together,
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E
We will not bow to the masters or
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Still we are free men though we are poor
You Diggers all, stand up for glory,
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stand up now"
Verse 6
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E
They sent the hired men and troopers
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to wipe out the Diggers' claim
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B
Tear down their cottages,
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destroy their corn
Verse 7
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E
You poor, take courage,
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all people one
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E
the order came to cut them down
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF#m C F E B...
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