Billy Bragg – There Will Be A Reckoning (Guitar)

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"There Will Be A Reckoning" - Billy Bragg - Tooth And Nail - 2013 Transcribed by wranglingoutlaw Capo - 3 Intro - | Em G | D | | Em G | D...| (palm mute) Em * G ( * Walkup to G on 6th string ) Somewhere between the midnight
D                      Bm
And the cold and empty dawn

Em                    G
I found myself out walking

D                         Bm
On the streets where I was born

Em                 G
And I came upon a stranger

D                    Bm
Who looked Me in the face

Em                      G
And asked Me what I was doing

       D             Bm
In this god forsaken place
(play open)
 C/G                                G               Em
I don't need to be forgiven For something I haven't done

      D                                Em
No forewarning my family To find their place in the sun

  C/B                        G                Em
If you keep this pressure on Just don't be surprised

         D                                   Bm                   
If I can't summon up My dignity While You're roughing up My pride

D D      Bm   Bm   Em            
   There will be a reckoning

C/G         G          D
   For the peddlers of hate,

    Em           C/G          G         D
Who spread their poison all across this estate

      Em        C/B             G         D
And a reckoning too, for the politicians who

 A               C
Left Us to this fate

                  Em      G      D
There will be a reckoning
| Em G | D . . . | (palm mute)
Em               G        D             Bm
Just a few days later, a man came to My door

  Em             G
To ask Me if I thought that

     D                        Bm
This place was worth fighting for

        Em                  G
And though I recognize his reasons

D                Bm
I just could not agree

    Em                    G       
When they told me that My neighbor

D           Bm
Would be My enemy
(play open)
 C/G                                G
I don't need to be forgiven For something I haven't done

      D                                Em
No forewarning my family To find Their place in the sun

  C/B                        G           
If You keep this pressure on Just don't be surprised

         D                                   Em          
If I can't summon up my dignity While You're roughing up My pride

 Bm              Em            
There will be a reckoning

C/G         G          D
   For the peddlers of hate,

    Em           C/G          G         D
Who spread their poison all across this estate

      Em        C/B             G           D
And a reckoning too, for the politicians who

 A               C
Left us to this fate

                  Em      G      D
There will be a reckoning

                  Em      G      D
There will be a reckoning

                  Em      G      D
There will be a reckoning

                  Em    
There will be a reckoning