{"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":969317,"song":"The Unwelcome Guest","artist":"Billy Bragg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11619989-the-unwelcome-guest-chords-by-billy-bragg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/969317?type=chord","rating":4.72595,"votes":47,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nTo the rich man's bright lodges I ride in this wind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nOn my good horse I call you my shiny Black Bess[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nTo the playhouse of fortune[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nto take the bright silver[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd gold you have taken from somebody else[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAs we go riding in the damp foggy midnight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nYou snort, my good pony, and you give me your best[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nFor you know, and I know, good horse,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n'mongst the rich ones[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHow oftimes we go there an unwelcome guest[/tab]\r\n\r\nHarmonica part: 4 4 (4) 5 (5) 5 4\r\n-Normal number is exhale and ( ) is inhale\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI've never took food from the widows and orphans[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd never a hard working man I oppressed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nSo take your pace easy,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nfor home soon like lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWe soon will be riding, my shiny Black Bess[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nNo fat rich man's pony can e'er overtake you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd there's not a rider from the east to the west[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nCould hold you a light[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nin this dark mist and midnight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nWhen the potbellied thieves[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nchase their unwelcome guest[/tab]\r\n\r\nHarp: 7 7 6 5 5 (5) 4\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI don't know, good horse,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nas we trot in this dark here[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nif robbing the rich is for worse or for best[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThey take it by stealing and lying and gambling[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd I take it my way, my shiny Black Bess[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI treat horses good and I'm friendly to strangers[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI ride and your running makes my guns talk the best[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAnd the rangers and deputies[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nare hired by the rich man[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nTo catch me and hang me, my shining Black Bess[/tab]\r\n\r\nHarp: 6 (6) 6 6 (5) 5 7 (6) 5 4 (4) 5 (5) 5 5 (4) 4 4\r\n (5) 4 5 5 5 (4) 4\r\n6 6 5 4 (4) 5 (5) 4 6 6 (5) 4 4 (5) (6) 4\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nYes, they'll catch me napping one day and they'll kill me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd then I'll be gone but that won't be my end[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nFor my guns and my saddle will always be filled[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBy unwelcome travellers and other brave men[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd they'll take the money and spread it out equal[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nJust like the Bible and the prophets suggest[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBut the men that go riding to help these poor workers[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThe rich will cut down like an unwelcome guest[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC Am F C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarmonica part: 4 4 (4) 5 (5) 5 4\n-Normal number is exhale and ( ) is inhale\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarp: 7 7 6 5 5 (5) 4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarp: 6 (6) 6 6 (5) 5 7 (6) 5 4 (4) 5 (5) 5 5 (4) 4 4\n (5) 4 5 5 5 (4) 4\n6 6 5 4 (4) 5 (5) 4 6 6 (5) 4 4 (5) (6) 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