Chumbawamba – The Diggers Song (Guitar)
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[Originally sung acappella; chords added; Verse 2 in original but left out by Chumbawamba]
[Verse 1]
Em G D You noble diggers all stand up now, stand up now Em Bm Em You noble diggers all stand up now G D The wasteland to maintain sing cavaliers by name Em Bm Your digging does maintain and persons all defame Em Bm Em Stand up now, stand up now
[Verse 2]
Em G D Your houses they pull down stand up now, stand up now Em Bm Em Your houses they pull down, stand up now G D Your houses they pull down to fright your men in town Em Bm But the gentry must come down and the poor shall wear the crown Em Bm Em Stand up now diggers all
[Verse 3]
Em G D With spades and hoes and plows stand up now, stand up now Em Bm Em With spades and hoes and plows, stand up now G D Your freedom to uphold sing cavaliers are bold Em Bm To kill you if they could and rights from you to hold Em Bm Em Stand up now diggers all
[Verse 4]
Em G D The lawyers they conjoin stand up now stand up now Em Bm Em The lawyers they conjoin stand up now G D To rescue they advise, such fury they devise Em Bm The devil in them lies and hath blinded both their eyes Em Bm Em Stand up now, stand up now
[Verse 5]
Em G D The clergy they come in stand up now, stand up now Em Bm Em The clergy they come in stand up now G D The clergy they come in and say it is a sin Em Bm That we should now begin our freedom for to win Em Bm Em Stand up now diggers all
[Verse 6]
Em G D 'Gainst lawyers and 'gainst priests stand up now stand up now Em Bm Em 'Gainst lawyers and 'gainst priests stand up now G D For tyrants they are both, even flat against their oath Em Bm To grant us they are loathe free meat and drink and cloth Em Bm Em Stand up now diggers all
[Verse 7]
Em G D The gentry are all round stand up now, stand up now Em Bm Em The gentry are all round stand up now G D The gentry are all round on each side they are found Em Bm Their wisdom so profound to cheat us of our ground Em Bm Em Stand up now stand up now
[Verse 8]
Em G D The club is all their law, stand up now stand up now Em Bm Em The club is all their law, stand up now G D The club is all their law, to keep all men in awe Em Bm That they no vision saw to maintain such a law Em Bm Em Stand up now diggers all