Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
| G+G | G+G | G+G | G+G |
| G+G | G+G | G+G | G+G |
Verse 1:
C7C7
Stand and deliver
G+G
You've let them put the fear on you
C7C7
Stand and deliver
G+G
But not a word you heard was true
D7D7
And if there's nothing you can say
C7C7 G+G
There may be nothing you can do
Verse 2:
C7C7
Do you wanna be a free man
G+G
Or do you wanna be a slave?
C7C7
Do you wanna be a free man
G+G
Or do you wanna be a slave?
D7D7
Do you wanna wear these chains
C7C7 G+G
Until you're lying in the grave?
Verse 3:
C7C7
I don't wanna be a pauper
G+G
And I don't wanna be a prince
C7C7
I don't wanna be a pauper
G+G
And I don't wanna be a prince
D7D7
I just wanna do my job
C7C7 G+G
Playing the blues for my friends
Verse 4:
C7C7
Magna Carta, Bill of Rights
G+G
The constitution, what's it worth?
C7C7 A7A7
You know they're gonna grind us down, ah
D MajorD
Until it really hurts
C7C7
Is this a sovereign nation
G+G
Or just a police state?
C7C7 A7A7
You better look out, people
D MajorD D7D7
Before it gets too late
Interlude:
| C7C7 | C7C7 | G+G | G+G |
| C7C7 | C7C7 | G+G | G+G |
| D7D7 | C7C7 | G+G | G+G |
| C7C7 | C7C7 | G+G | G+G |
| C7C7 | C7C7 | G+G | G+G |
| D7D7 | C7C7 | G+G | G+G |
Verse 5:
C7C7
You wanna be your own driver
G+G
Or keep on flogging a dead horse?
C7C7
You wanna be your own driver
G+G
Or keep on flogging a dead horse?
D7D7
Do you wanna make it better
C7C7 G+G
Or do you wanna make it worse?
Verse 6:
C7C7
Stand and deliver
G+G
You let them put the fear on you
C7C7
Sold down the river
G+G
But not a word of it was true
D7D7
If there's nothing you can say
C7C7 G+G
There may be nothing you can do
Tag:
C7C7 G+G
Stand and deliver
C7C7 G+G
Stand and deliver
D7D7 C7C7 G+G
Dick Turpin wore a mask too
Outro:
| G+G |