Saffiyah Smiles chords by Billy Bragg

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

♫ Verse:
G+G   A minorAm          B minorBm   A minorAm
Angry white men dressed like Elmer Fudd
G+G    A minorAm       B minorBm    A minorAm
Shouting something about soil and blood
G+G     A minorAm       B minorBm    A minorAm
A augmentedA woman of colour steps out from the crowd
     C majorC   G+G   A minorAm     G+G
And does something to make us all proud
G+G  A minorAm     B minorBm  A minorAm
Just like Victor Hugo told
G+G       A minorAm      B minorBm   A minorAm
"To love is to act" and her act was bold
G+G    A minorAm    B minorBm    A minorAm
Bold as love, she made her stand
      C majorC   G+G  A minorAm
And with a smile took power from the man
E minorEm      B minorBm
Oh, don't you know
A minorAm          C majorC    G+G
We come together when Saffiyah smiles
E minorEm       B minorBm
All around the world
A minorAm            C majorC    G+G   A minorAm
People come together when Saffiyah smiles

♫ Interlude:
B minorBm A minorAm
G+G A minorAm Bm7Bm7 A minorAm

♫ Verse:
G+G    A minorAm  B minorBm     A minorAm
Cosplay Nazis marching in file
G+G    A minorAm     B minorBm   A minorAm
Hitler's haircut is back in style
G+G     A minorAm        B minorBm   A minorAm
Resistance on the streets of Birmingham
       C majorC  G+G  A minorAm      G+G
And with her smile she disarms the man, yeah
E minorEm      B minorBm
Oh, don't you know
A minorAm          C majorC    G+G
We come together when Saffiyah smiles
E minorEm       B minorBm
All around the world
A minorAm            C majorC    G+G    A minorAm
People come together when Saffiyah smiles

♫ Interlude:
B minorBm A minorAm
G+G A minorAm B minorBm A minorAm

♫ Verse:
FF    C majorC  FF        G+G A minorAm B minorBm A minorAm
This is what solidarity looks like, yeah
FF    C majorC  FF        G+G A minorAm B minorBm A minorAm
This is what solidarity looks like
FF    C majorC  FF        G+G A minorAm B minorBm A minorAm
This is what solidarity looks like
FF    C majorC  FF        G+G A minorAm B minorBm A minorAm
This is what solidarity looks like, yeah
FF    C majorC  FF        G+G A minorAm B minorBm A minorAm
This is what solidarity looks like
FF    C majorC  FF        G+G A minorAm B minorBm A minorAm
This is what solidarity looks like