Billy Bragg – Rotting On Remand (Ukulele)
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>From [email protected] (Francois Rousseau)
Subject: AOTW: Billy Bragg: Rotting On remand
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 05:51:51 GMT
C I stood before the judge that day F C As he refused my bail
And I knew that I would spend my time
G Awaiting trial in jail C I said there is no justice F C As they led me out of the door F C And the judge said, "This isn't a court of justice son G C This is a court of law". C They first sent me to Windsor F C And then to Stoke on Trent
In a holding cell in Liverpool
G Three days and nights I spent C My solicitor can't find me F C And my family don't know F C I keep telling them that I'm innocent G C C7 They just say, "Come on son, in you go." F C I was picked up on suspicion of something I haven't done C B/C A/C G/C G Here I sit in 'F' wing waiting for my trial to come F C F It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands C G C Innocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand
F C G C A7
D I ended up in this jail G D Built in 18-82
When one man to one prison cell
A Was a Victorian value D Now three of us are squeezed in here G D And you can't escape the smell G D Of that bucket in the corner A D And we eat in here as well
They let me out of this cage
G D To slop that bucket out
To get my food and bring it back
A And if I'm lucky, get a shower D Apart from one hours exercise G D I'm locked in here all day G D You don't turn criminals into citizens A D D7 By treating them this way G D Is the prize of law and order the stench of Wormwood Scrubs D C#/D B/D A/D A With judges quick to sentence sending more down from above G D G It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands D A D Innocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand G D A D ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francois Rousseau Laboratoire Incognito (Computer Languages) Universite de Montreal, Canada E-mail: [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------