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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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Everywhere - Billy Bragg.  From the international smash hit album,
----------                     "Don't Try This at Home"
Note:  When I write "D" I mean either D or DaddG:
             e:---3------|
             B:---3------|
             G:---2------|
             D:---0------|
What you do (listen to the album) is to play D and this chord.  It ammounts
to playing the little mandolin riff on the high e string.  You can make a
similar riff on the G chords by hitting an open A string.  Of course, you
can play along with the record without any of these fancy mandolin riffs, I
don't care... and it sounds fine with just the chords.
Most chords are played open.  But then, you never really know with Billy.
Intro:   Bm/  A/  D/  Bm/  A/ G(open or barre) /  Bm/  A/  D/  Bm/  A/ D  
BmDig Ain Dboys for an BmexteAnded sGtay
Those were the fBminal AordDers to come doBmwn thAat dDay
WBmaiting to Abe saDved in the PBmhiliAppinGesBm  
You'll wAait forDever for the yBmoung MAarinDes
{same as above}
Now I believe to be here is right
But I have to say that I'm scared tonight
Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand
What comes first, the country or the man
                          F#m  G(barre)          D  
Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill
CF#matching us by surprise, it's time tGo kill or be kiAlled
chorus:
Over hDere, over Gthere, it's the Dsame everywhGere
A boy crBmies out for Ahis motheGr before he diBmes foAr his hoDme
(same as above)
All my life I wanted to be
As clever and strong as my best friend Lee
We grew up together along half Moon Bay
Lee was Japanese, born in the USA
When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine
Me and Lee we wanted to do the same
Then they bombed Pearl Harbor at the break of day
I was headed for these islands when Lee was hauled away
They said look at his slanted eyes, he's guilty as guilty can be
Sent here as enemy spies to sabotage the Land of the Free
I never got home, my platoon was never saved
That little foxhole became my island grave
Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained
Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain
And they said, Oh Little Slanted Eyes can't you forgive and forget
And he said Oh Mr Friendly Ghost
Can you catch water in a net?

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Everywhere

by Billy Bragg

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F#m

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

Everywhere - Billy Bragg. From the international smash hit album,

---------- "Don't Try This at Home"

Note: When I write "D" I mean either D or DaddG:

e:---3------|

B:---3------|

G:---2------|

D:---0------|

What you do (listen to the album) is to play D and this chord. It ammounts

to playing the little mandolin riff on the high e string. You can make a

similar riff on the G chords by hitting an open A string. Of course, you

can play along with the record without any of these fancy mandolin riffs, I

don't care... and it sounds fine with just the chords.

Most chords are played open. But then, you never really know with Billy.

Bm A D Bm A G Bm A D Bm A D

Intro: / / / / / (open or barre) / / / / / /

Bm A D Bm A G

Dig in boys for an extended stay

Bm A D Bm A D

Those were the final orders to come down that day

Bm A D Bm A G Bm

Waiting to be saved in the Philippines

A D Bm A D

You'll wait forever for the young Marines

{same as above}

Now I believe to be here is right

But I have to say that I'm scared tonight

Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand

What comes first, the country or the man

F#m G D

(barre)

Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill

F#m G A

Catching us by surprise, it's time to kill or be killed

chorus:

D G D G

Over here, over there, it's the same everywhere

Bm A G Bm A D

A boy cries out for his mother before he dies for his home

(same as above)

All my life I wanted to be

As clever and strong as my best friend Lee

We grew up together along half Moon Bay

Lee was Japanese, born in the USA

When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine

Me and Lee we wanted to do the same

Then they bombed Pearl Harbor at the break of day

I was headed for these islands when Lee was hauled away

They said look at his slanted eyes, he's guilty as guilty can be

Sent here as enemy spies to sabotage the Land of the Free

I never got home, my platoon was never saved

That little foxhole became my island grave

Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained

Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain

And they said, Oh Little Slanted Eyes can't you forgive and forget

And he said Oh Mr Friendly Ghost

Can you catch water in a net?

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