Small Rebellion chords by James Keelaghan

Chords with lyrics

James Keelaghan - Small Rebellion


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: G+G C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G

               C majorC
Well, friends, hereby hangs a tale
               G+G
The year was nineteen thirty-one
              C majorC
A augmentedA good job digging for the king
               G+G
While there's so many on the bum
              E minorEm   D MajorD
I'd done my time across in France
             C majorC
Fought at Moreaux and at Vimy
    G+G       C majorC
Done my service for my country
      D MajorD       G+G
Thought I'd put the guns behind me

                C majorC
I should have known it from the start
                G+G
Peace may be signed between two nations
              C majorC
But for protection of your rights
                G+G
My friends, it's always battle stations
            E minorEm  D MajorD
And so it was the union boys
             C majorC
Set up shop there in the coalfields
     G+G         C majorC
Said that they would be our voice
     D MajorD         G+G
Said that they would be our shield


INTERLUDE: C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G


            C majorC
They said just a little march
               G+G
Across the town and past the station
                C majorC
Some fine strong speakers and a band
            G+G
A augmentedA fairly peaceful congregation
              E minorEm   D MajorD
Let them know that we were strong
            C majorC
Show them we could be united
     G+G        C majorC
Show them we had found our voice
     D MajorD        G+G
And that we would not be frightened

                C majorC
I should have known it from the start
              G+G
Workers marching makes them nervous
            C majorC
I saw no menace in our group
                G+G
Peaceful of heart and stout of purpose
              E minorEm   D MajorD
The local peelers were forewarned
                C majorC
It's sure as hell they were forearmed
       G+G       C majorC
How could we cause them any trouble?
     D MajorD      G+G
How could they be so alarmed?


INTERLUDE: C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G


                C majorC
Armed with truncheons and with guns
                G+G
They took their line across the road
          C majorC
Their faces cast in stone
              G+G
I heard the call to aim and load
           E minorEm   D MajorD
Saw the deadly muzzle flash
           C majorC     G+G
Saw the people drop around me
           C majorC
Took a bullet to the leg
        D MajorD        G+G
My friends, and that is how they found me


                C majorC
I should have known it from the start
               G+G
Should have seen the trouble coming
            C majorC
Seen the ugly twist of fate
              G+G
Turned my tail and started running
              E minorEm   D MajorD
Known when push has come to shove
              C majorC
And it's a heavy hand that feeds you
     G+G         C majorC
That the job that was your life
      D MajorD        G+G       FF
Becomes the job that slowly beats you


BRIDGE:
  C majorC    G+G                     FF
No use, no use, for the ranting of the government men
  C majorC       G+G                 FF
No use, for their fine print and their fountain pen
  C majorC    G+G
No use, no use in me denying
   FF                C majorC
This small rebellion's over, but I'm leaving here unbowed


INTERLUDE: C majorC  G+G  C majorC  G+G


               C majorC
And when the dust had finally cleared
               G+G
When all dissent had been put down
               C majorC
I packed my life in two worn bags
               G+G
Caught the train and left the town
               E minorEm   D MajorD
In this case justice sure was blind
            C majorC
At least blind to human suffering
         G+G       C majorC
They said they'd put us in our place
   D MajorD         G+G
And I guess they weren't bluffing


                C majorC
I should have known it from the start
                G+G
It's not the truth that really matters
                C majorC
The real world tramples on such things
              G+G
Leaves your mental state in tatters
             E minorEm  D MajorD
Makes the blowing prairie dust
            C majorC
Seem like it is stationary
     G+G        C majorC
Makes the proudest person humble
    D MajorD        G+G
And the strongest person wary
     G+G        C majorC
Makes the proudest person humble
    D MajorD        G+G      C majorC D MajorD G+G
And the strongest person wary