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Ideology

Billy Bragg

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: gilbert@mis.gla.ac.uk (Gilbert McErlane) Ideology - Billy Bragg (Talking to the Taxman about Poetry) ----------------------------------------------------------- - chords - gilbert@salyut.mis.gla.ac.uk (lyrics from cs.uwp.edu) Brilliant Bragg-style ringing chords in this one (for which I don't know all the names) - so give it laldy!! E 022100 E2 002200 B 004400 A 577655 C#m 446654 B2 799877 E E2 When one voice rules the nation E E2 Just because they're top of the pile E E2 B E E2 Doesn't mean their vision is the clearest (repeat pattern) The voices of the people Are falling on deaf ears Our politicians all become careerists A They must declare their interests E But not their company cars E C#m Is there more to a seat in the Parliament F#m B2 Than sitting on your arse (pattern 1) And the best of all this bad bunch Are shouting to be heard Above the sound of ideologies clashing (pattern 1) Outside the patient millions Who put them into power Expect a little more back for their taxes (pattern 1) Like schools books,beds in hospitals And peace in our bloody time All they get is old men grinding axes (pattern 2) Who've built their private fortunes On the things they can rely The courts,the secret handshake The Stock Exchange and the old school tie (pattern 1) For God and Queen and Country All things they justify Above the sound of ideologies clashing (pattern 1) God bless the Civil Service The nations saving grace While we expect democracy They're laughing in our face And although our cries get louder Their laughter gets louder still Above the sound of ideologies clashing finish on C#m more to come - eventually. ** Gil McErlane Management Information Services - Physical Resources Team University of Glasgow E-mail: gilbert@salyut.mis.gla.ac.uk "If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the precipitate" - Steven Wright
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