{"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":2542371,"song":"Song For The British Working Class","artist":"Cornelius Cardew","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11512789-song-for-the-british-working-class-chords-by-cornelius-cardew/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2542371?type=chord","rating":0.10533,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBritish ruling class puffed up with arrogance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBoasted that the sun shone on your vast empire[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat sun has now eclipsed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBritish ruling class, we have got news for you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A#[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYour time has run out; You have got to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLight is shining in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeralding the dawn of a glorious new day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBritish working class you're the revolutionary force[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo build our socialist land.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBritish working class you have a fine history[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFierce battles waged against a vicious enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith grim determination.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBritish working class aspires to revolution[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A#[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the face of attempts to crush this aspiration[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf socialism in Britain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLight is shining in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeralding the dawn of a glorious new day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBritish working class you're the revolutionary force[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo build our socialist land.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the 1840s Marx and Engels on our shores[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOrganised and hammered out the objective laws[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPropelling history.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMarxist-Leninist science is the guiding star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCharting the course of the working class:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSocialist revolution.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLight is shining in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeralding the dawn of a glorious new day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBritish working class you're the revolutionary force[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo build our socialist land.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPersisting in the face of every difficulty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn 1979 was formed our new party,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA glorious victory.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRallying to this flag is the only way, workers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo usher in, a bright new day of[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSocialism in Britain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLight is shining in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHeralding the dawn of a glorious new day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBritish working class you're the revolutionary force[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo build our socialist land.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG  F  C  Dm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","F","C","Dm","Em","A#","D","A","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}