{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1741917,"song":"Small Rebellion","artist":"James Keelaghan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11374213-small-rebellion-chords-by-james-keelaghan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1741917?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"James Keelaghan - Small Rebellion\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, friends, hereby hangs a tale[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe year was nineteen thirty-one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA good job digging for the king[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile there's so many on the bum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd done my time across in France[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFought at Moreaux and at Vimy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDone my service for my country[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThought I'd put the guns behind me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI should have known it from the start[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPeace may be signed between two nations[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut for protection of your rights[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy friends, it's always battle stations[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd so it was the union boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSet up shop there in the coalfields[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid that they would be our voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid that they would be our shield[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey said just a little march[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAcross the town and past the station[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome fine strong speakers and a band[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA fairly peaceful congregation[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet them know that we were strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShow them we could be united[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShow them we had found our voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that we would not be frightened[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI should have known it from the start[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorkers marching makes them nervous[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw no menace in our group[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPeaceful of heart and stout of purpose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe local peelers were forewarned[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's sure as hell they were forearmed[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow could we cause them any trouble? [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow could they be so alarmed?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nArmed with truncheons and with guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey took their line across the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTheir faces cast in stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI heard the call to aim and load[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaw the deadly muzzle flash[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaw the people drop around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTook a bullet to the leg[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy friends, and that is how they found me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI should have known it from the start[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShould have seen the trouble coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeen the ugly twist of fate[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTurned my tail and started running[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKnown when push has come to shove[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nAnd it's a heavy hand that feeds you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat the job that was your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBecomes the job that slowly beats you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo use, no use, for the ranting of the government men[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo use, for their fine print and their fountain pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nNo use, no use in me denying[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis small rebellion's over, but I'm leaving here unbowed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nAnd when the dust had finally cleared[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen all dissent had been put down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nI packed my life in two worn bags[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCaught the train and left the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn this case justice sure was blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nAt least blind to human suffering[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey said they'd put us in our place[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd I guess they weren't bluffing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nI should have known it from the start[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's not the truth that really matters[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nThe real world tramples on such things[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLeaves your mental state in tatters[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMakes the blowing prairie dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]         \r\nSeem like it is stationary[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMakes the proudest person humble[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd the strongest person wary[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMakes the proudest person humble[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the strongest person wary[/tab]","plain_text":"James Keelaghan - Small Rebellion\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: G  C    G    C    G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C   G    C   G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C   G    C   G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: C   G    C   G","chords":["G","C","A","Em","D","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}