Billy Bragg – Brickbat (Guitar)

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G-D-Em-D PROGRESSION

    G                    D        Em                  D
e|-----3--3--3--|--3--3--2--2--|-----0--0--0--|--0--0--2--2--|
B|-----0--0--0--|--0--0--3--3--|-----0--0--0--|--0--0--3--3--|
G|-----0--0--0--|--0--0--2--2--|-----0--0--0--|--0--0--2--2--|
D|-----0--------|--------------|-----2--------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--3-----------|--------------|--0-----------|--------------|

Am-Em-C-G PROGRESSION
    Am             Em            C              G
e|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----------1--|--------------|-----------1--|--------------|
G|--------2-----|--------2-----|--------0-----|-----------0--|
D|-----2--------|-----2-----2--|-----2--------|--------0-----|
A|--0-----------|--2-----------|--3-----------|-----2--------|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|--3-----------|
[Intro] G D Em D G D Em D [Verse 1]
G              D   Em              D
I ought to leave / enough hot water

G                    D   Em                   D
For your morning bath, / but I'd not thought I

C
hate to hear you talk that way

                    Am
But I can't bring myself to say I'm

G     D  Em D
sorry
[Verse 2]
G                D   Em                D
The past is always / knocking incessant

G                     D   Em              D
Trying to break through / into the present

   C               C
We have to work to keep it out

    C              Am
But I won't be the first to shout it's

G     D  Em  D
over
[Chorus]
Am        Em                C
I used to want to plant bombs

       G                 G
at the Last Night of the Proms
C G
    Am         Em
But now you'll find me

         C*           C*
with the baby, in the bathroom,

          C*                           C*           D
With that big shell, listening for the sound of the sea
C D [Verse 3]
G                     D   Em                D
I steal a kiss from you / in the supermarket

G                       D   Em                D
I walk you down the aisle / you fill my basket

    C                   C
And through it all, the stick I take

   C                Am
Is worth it for the love we make
G D Em D [Chorus]
Am        Em                C
I used to want to plant bombs

       G                 G
at the Last Night of the Proms
C G
    Am         Em
But now you'll find me

         C*           C*
with the baby, in the bathroom,

          C*                           C*           D
With that big shell, listening for the sound of the sea

C            D
The baby and me
[Verse 4]
G              D   Em              D
I stayed in bed, / alone, uncertain

G              D  Em                  D
Then I met you, / you drew the curtain
[Outro]
    C                G*
The sun came up, the trees began to sing and

Am
light shone in on everything I

G        D  Em D
love you

    C                G*
The sun came up, the trees began to sing and

Am
light shone in on everything I

G        D  Em D  G
love you
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G*  X20003
C*  332010 (alternate A3 and E3 as bass note and strum rest)