{"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":2498157,"song":"Wat Tyler","artist":"Fairport Convention","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508506-wat-tyler-chords-by-fairport-convention/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2498157?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd on the field of Blackheath[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUs commons covered the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMore men than ever I did see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPoor honest men from birth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMen came up from Kent and out of Essex too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNaught but the Thames divides us and unites us onwards through[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll the villages of England, on to London town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhere we poor men would see our king and lay our grievance down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWat Tyler led us men from Kent, rough hands were shaken there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nKing Richard and the commons, our bold resolve and prayer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe knew our king would hear us, our loyalty was clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe bloody lawyers' poll tax had a-brought us labourers here[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd yet he wouldn't see us, so to London we did roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the poor there and the Essex men, burst down the prison door[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhat happened at the Tower was justice, rough in part[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe murders of the Flemish boys, sat uneasy in my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Now the king must see us\", said Tyler to his men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe very next day young Richard came and met us at Mile End[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd on the field of Blackheath[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUs commons covered the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMore men than ever I did see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPoor honest men from birth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKent and Essex, Bedford, Sussex received King Richard's word[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nNo harm nor blame would come to them if home they would return[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLincoln, Cambridge, Stafford too, received our young king's favour[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThough thirty thousand left us there, believing it was over[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut Tyler, he was not convinced and told us to remain[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\"I want to hear his words again, for nothing much has changed\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTyler, he approached the king and took Richard by the arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd his rough but friendly gesture, caused Richard's knights alarm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Ah, me lord \" said Tyler, \"companions we will be\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\"I shall trust in you my lord, if you will trust in me\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo he called for water, and then he called for ale[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                                            [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd his manner shocked young Richard's knights and I watched the Lord Mayor pale[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"I know this man\" a voice accused, \"Wat Tyler is a thief\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                                          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe Lord Mayor feared he'd harm the king, that was his true belief[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd there at Smithfield, drew his sword and cut our captain down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd the heart went out of all of us, with his blood upon the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd on the field of Blackheath[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUs commons covered the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMore men than ever I did see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPoor honest men from birth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYoung Richard, he was merciful when he pardoned one and all[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut home to Kent like beaten dogs, still serfs we had to crawl[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut how precious was our liberty and the hope that filled us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLeft poor Tyler's severed head upon a bloody pole...[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  C  F  B\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nE  B  E  B  F#  B  E  F#  G#\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["F","C","G","A","B","E","D","F#","G#","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}