Steeleye Span – Ned Ludd Part 2 Rural Retreat (Guitar)
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[Intro]
E B E B
E B E B
[Verse]
E As the people of England in numbers, they double B Move to the cities where work is to be found E Well, it's farewell green country and greetings, black city B Grime smoking chimneys and machines' hellish sound
[Verse]
E Men, mothers and maidens and most of us children B Mindful of starving and bread sparing price E We all go to the factory temple to offer B Our gift to the idol of Greed, sacrifice
[Verse]
C#m A B E And it's two months hard labour if workers combine C#m A B E But call the man The Gaffer, it's a fifteen guinea fine
[Instrumental]
E A B E A B E
E A B E A B
[Verse]
E We pay for machines that take food from our table B We talk in dark rooms of a fair living wage E While their house is filled with the fruits of our labour B Percival bets foreign ships out to trade
[Verse]
C#m A B E And it's two months hard labour if workers combine C#m A B E But call the man The Gaffer, it's a fifteen guinea fine
[Instrumental]
E A B E A B E
C F G C F G
[Verse]
C F G And the bloody code gets harder every day C G New sleds are bad for thread F C G Am But harking loud and captains swing F C G C We'll restore our daily bread
[Verse]
F G And the bloody code gets harder every day C G New sleds are bad for thread F C G Am But harking loud and captains swing F C G C We'll restore our daily bread
[Instrumental]
C F G C F G C
E A B E A B
E B E B
[Verse]
C#m A B E Across the narrow waters, where Frenchie fought us hard C#m A B E Fathers, sons and brothers died for nothing, be a bard C#m A B E No meat in Frenchie's barrel, no cheese upon his board C#m A B E No bread on Frenchie's table, no harvest has he stored
[Instrumental]
E A B E A B E
C F G C F G
[Verse]
N.C.
And the bloody code gets harder every day
N.C.
New sleds are bad for thread
N.C.
But harking loud and captains swing
N.C.
We'll restore our daily bread
[Verse]
C F G And the bloody code gets harder every day C G New sleds are bad for thread F C G Am But harking loud and captains swing F C G C We'll restore our daily bread
[Outro]
C F G C F G C
E A B E A B