{"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":1852668,"song":"The Home Front","artist":"Billy Bragg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11410978-the-home-front-chords-by-billy-bragg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1852668?type=chord","rating":4.6844,"votes":11,"content":"Capo 1 \r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     x2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFather mows the lawn and Mother peels potatoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGrandma lays the table alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd adjusts a photograph of the unknown soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn this Holy of Holies the Home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd from the TV an unwatched voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSuggests the answer is to plant more trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe scrawl on the wall says what about the workers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd the voice of the people says more salt please[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMother shakes her head and reads aloud from the newspaper[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Father puts another lock on the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd reflects upon the violent times that we are living in[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile chatting to the wife beater next door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf paradise to you is cheap beer and overtime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHome truths are easily missed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]  \r\nSomething that every football fan knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt only takes five fingers to form a fist[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd when it rains here, it rains so hard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut never hard enough to wash away the sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll trade my love today for a greater love tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe lonely child looks out and dreams of independence[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nFrom this family life sentence[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMother sees but does not read the peeling posters[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd can't believe that there's a world to be won[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut in the public schools and in the public houses[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Battle of Britain goes on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe constant promise of jam tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIs the New Breeds litany and verse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIf it takes another war to fill the churches of England[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThen the world the meek inherit, what will it be worth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMother fights the tears and father, his sense of outrage[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd attempts to justify the sacrifice[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo pass their creed down to another generation[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnything for the quite life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn the Land of a Thousand Doses[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhere nostalgia is the opium of the age[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOur place in history is as clock watchers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOld timers, window shoppers[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     x4\r\n\r\nFade into Blake's Jerusalem...","plain_text":"Capo 1 \n\n[Intro]\nD          G     D     Bm     A     x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD          G     D     Bm     A     x4\n\nFade into Blake's Jerusalem...","chords":["D","G","Bm","A","Em","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}