BRAGG BILLY - "St Swithins Day" Tablature

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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 12:14:54 +0000
From: Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk



/b/Billy_Bragg/St_Swithins_day.tab

On Brewing Up, but this tab is from the live (single guitar) arrangement.


[intro]:

F+2 C C+2 Gsus4
e -----------------------------------------------------------
B --------1------1--------------------------------1-1-1-1----
G ------0----------0---0------0--0----------------0-0-0-0----
D ---3--------2------2-------0--------------------0-0-0-0----
A --------------------------3--------2---------2-------------
E -----------------------------------3---------3-------------


F+2 C C+2 Gsus4
e -----0--------0---------------------------------------------
B -------1--------1--1-----------------------------1-1-1-1----
G ---0-----0--------0---------0--0-----------------0-0-0-0----
D ---3----------------------0----------------------0-0-0-0----
A -------------------------3---------2---------2--------------
E -----------------------------------3---------3--------------


F+2 C C+2 Gsus4
e -----0--------0---------------------------------------------
B -----1-1------1-1---1--------1-1------------------1-1-1-1---
G ---0---0-0------0-0-0--------0-0------------------0-0-0-0---
D ---3-----3--------2------0-0----------------------0-0-0-0---
A -------------------------3-3-----------------2--------------
E -----------------------------------3---------3--------------


F+2 C C+2 Gsus4
e -----0--------0-----------------------------------------------
B -----1-1------1-1---1--------1-1---------------------1---1-1--
G ---0---0-0------0-0-0--------0-0------------------0--0---0-0--
D ---3-----3--------2------0-0---------------------0------------
A -------------------------3-3-------2-------2----2-------------
E -----------------------------------3-------3---3--------------


e --------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------
G --0-----------------------------------------------------------
D ---0----------------------------------------------------------
A ---0----2-2-2-------------------------------------------------
E ----3---3-3-3-------------------------------------------------
. . . thinking


[verse]:
F+2 C C+2 Gsus4
e ------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------1--------------------------------------------------
G --0----0-0---0-0--------------------------------------------
D --3----3-----3-0-------2-2--2--0---------------0-0-0-0------
A --.--------------------3-3--3--3---2------2----2-2-3-3------
E -----------------------------------3------3----3-3-3-3------
back now I sup-
pose you were just sy view what was it
all for for the
weather or the battle of agin - court

F+2 ??
e ------------------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------------------
D -----------3-----3---3---3--3-3---3-----3----3-3-3---3-3-3--
A -----------0-----0---0---0--0-0---0-----0----2-2-2---2-2-2--
E ------------------------------------------------------------
and the times that we all hoped would last


Em Am
e ---------------------------------------------0-------------
B --------------------------------------------1--------------
G -------------------------------------------2---------------
D ------3--3--2-2----2-2----2---2-2--------2-----------------
A ------2--2--2-2----2-2----2---2-2-----0--------------------
E -----------------------------------------------------------
like a train they`ve gone by so fast


F+2 C Gsus4
e --------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------0------0-----------------------------------------
D -------------3------3-------------2-------2-------------------
A ----------------------------------3-------3------2----2----2--
E -------------------------------------------------3----3----3--
and tho we stood together on the edge*of the platform we were


F+2
e ------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------
G ---------0---------------------------------------------------
D ---------3---------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------
not moved by them [repeat 3rd line intro] x3
[ then 4th line ]


2.
with my own hands when I make
love to your memory
its not the same I miss the
thunder I miss the rain

and the fact that you don't understand
casts a shadow over this land
* but the sun still shines from behind it


[third line of intro x 3, then 4th line of intro]


3.
thanks all the same but I cant
bring myself to answer your letters
its not your fault but your
honesty touches me like a fire


the polaroids that hold us together
must surely fade away
like the love that we spoke of forever on saint swithins day


[outro]:
[intro lines, then end on a C]



*in the 2nd verse, the last line goes :
e ----------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------
G ------------0-0-------------------------
D ------------3-3---2--0--2--3------------
A ------------------3--3--3--3----2-------
E --------------------------------3-------
but the sun sti- I- I-ill shines


EADGBe
xx3010 - Fadd2
x32010 - C
x30010 - Cadd2
320010 - Gsus4
032000 - ?
022000 - Em
x02210 - Am



sweet


Nic
Nic.Boulton@cw.mercury.co.uk