Between The Wars

billy - bragg between the wars he’s playing the song with a capo but this is the chords if you are playing without one . D Em G D A Bm G A i was a miner , i was a docker , i was a railwayman between the wars A Bm G D A Bm G i raised a family , in times of austerity , with sweat at the foundry between A D the wars A Bm G D A i paid the union , as times got harder , i looked to the government to help the working man D Em G D A Bm but they brought prosperity down at the armoury , we’re arming for peace , G A D G me boys , between the wars D Em G D A Bm G i kept the faith and i kept voting , not for the iron fist but for the A helping hand A Bm G D A Bm G for theirs is a land with a wall around it and mine is a faith in my A D fellow man A Bm G D A theirs is a land of hope and glory , mine is the greenfield and the factory floor D Em G D A Bm theirs are the skies all dark with bombers and mine is the peace we knew G A D G between the wars D Em G D A Bm call up the craftsman , bring me the draughtsman , build me a path from G A cradle to grave A Bm G D A Bm and i’ll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man A G A D living wage A Bm G D A go find the young men , never to fight again , bring up the banners from the days gone by D Em G D A Bm G A sweet moderation , heart of this nation , desert us not we are between the D G D wars