Biography:
Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, Barking, Essex, England, 20 December, 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes.
In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London's pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking.
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Other songs:
- A New England (kingblues)
- Old Clash Fan Fight Song
- To Have And To Have Not
- A Lover Sings
- A New England
- A13 Trunk Road To The Sea
- Accident Waiting To Happen
- Airline To Heaven
- All You Fascists
- At My Window Sad And Lonely
- Bad Penny
- Between The Wars
- Birds And Ships
- Blood Of The Lamb
- Brickbat
- Bugeye Jim
- California Stars
- Chain Of Broken Hearts
- Cindy Of A Thousand Lives
- Days Like These
- Dry Bed
- Eisler On The Go
- Everybody Loves You Babe
- Everywhere
- Feed Of Man
- Full English Brexit
- Greetings To The New Brunette
- Handyman Blues
- Hard Times Of Old England Retold
- Help Save The Youth Of America
- Hesitating Beauty
- Hobos Lullaby
- Honey Im A Big Boy Now
- Hoodoo Voodoo
- I Aint Got Not Home
- I Almost Killed You
- Ideology
- Ingrid Bergman
- It Says Here
- Levi Stubbs Tears
- Life With Lions
- Life With The Lions
- Like Soldiers Do
- Listening To The Wind That Blows
- Little Time Bomb
- Lovers Town Revisited
- Loving You Too Long
- M For Me
- Must I Paint You A Picture
- My Thirty Thousand
- My Youngest Son Came Home Today
- Never Buy The Sun
- Never Cross A Picket Line
- New England
- No One Knows Anyone Anymore
- No Power Without Accountability
- Northern Industrial Town
- Not Everything That Counts Can Be Counted
- One By One
- Only One
- Ontario Quebec And Me
- Price I Pay
- Raglan Road
- Railroad Bill
- Remember The Mountain Bed
- Richard
- Rotting On Remand
- Rule Nor Reason
- Rumours Of War
- Saturday Boy
- Secret Of The Sea
- Sexuality
- She Came Along To Me
- Shes Got A New Spell
- Sin City
- Sing Their Souls Back Home
- Someday Some Morning Sometime
- Spacerace Is Over
- St Swithins Day
- Stetson Kennedy
- Take Down The Union Jack
- Talking Wag Club Blues
- The Boy Done Good
- The Busy Girl Buys Beauty
- The Home Front
- The Internationale
- The Man In The Iron Mask
- The Only One
- The Passion
- The Price I Pay
- The Price Of Oil
- The Short Answer
- The Unwelcome Guest
- The Warmest Room
- There Is Power In A Union
- There Will Be A Reckoning
- Upfield
- Valentines Day Is Over
- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards
- Walt Whitmans Niece
- Warmest Room
- Way Over Yonder In A Minor Key
- Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
- Where The Roses Are In Bloom
- Why We Build The Wall
- Wishing The Days Away
- World Turned Upside Down
- You Make Me Brave
- You Woke Up My Neighbourhood
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Artist: Billy Bragg
Song: Full English Brexit
EP: Bridges Not Walls
Year: 2017
[Intro]
Am Am G D
[Verse 1]
G D
My neighbours don't drink at the local
G D
Or have kippers for breakfast like me
Am C
The food that they eat smells disgusting
Am D
They'd rather drink coffee than tea
[Verse 2]
G D
It's true that their kids are respectful
G D
They gave me their seat on the bus
Am C
But it's just that there's so many of them
Am D
That I fear what will become of us
[Verse 3]
Em B
I'm not racist, all I want is
C G D
To make things how they used to be
Em B
But change is strange and
C G D
Nobody's listening to me
[Verse 4]
G D
I cheered when our side won the Cold War
G D
Spread freedom and peace all around
Am C
Now there's folks speaking Russian in Tesco's
Am D
It's a shame the wall had to come down
[Verse 5]
G D
I know some are fleeing from war zones
G D
To keep their young children from harm
Am C
But my parents stayed put through the Blitz years
Am D
And me? I was sent to a farm
[Verse 6]
Em B
Yeah the sun shines, but sometimes
C G D
I don't feel like this is my country
Em B
But to say so? Oh no
C G D
I never get no sympathy
[Verse 7]
G D
Once we ruled over an empire
G D
So it feels like some kind of defeat
Am C
To comply with rules drawn up by strangers
Am D
And measure in metres not feet
[Verse 8]
G D
We don't want to go but by Jingo
G D
If we can't be in charge, then we must
Am C
But don't be offended, dear neighbour
Am D
It's not you: this is all about us
[Verse 9]
Em B
But it's alright, alright
C G D
I think I've found a remedy
Em B
Yes it's alright, gonna be alright
C G D
It's a Full English Brexit for me
[Outro]
Em B C G D
Song: Full English Brexit
EP: Bridges Not Walls
Year: 2017
[Intro]
Am Am G D
[Verse 1]
G D
My neighbours don't drink at the local
G D
Or have kippers for breakfast like me
Am C
The food that they eat smells disgusting
Am D
They'd rather drink coffee than tea
[Verse 2]
G D
It's true that their kids are respectful
G D
They gave me their seat on the bus
Am C
But it's just that there's so many of them
Am D
That I fear what will become of us
[Verse 3]
Em B
I'm not racist, all I want is
C G D
To make things how they used to be
Em B
But change is strange and
C G D
Nobody's listening to me
[Verse 4]
G D
I cheered when our side won the Cold War
G D
Spread freedom and peace all around
Am C
Now there's folks speaking Russian in Tesco's
Am D
It's a shame the wall had to come down
[Verse 5]
G D
I know some are fleeing from war zones
G D
To keep their young children from harm
Am C
But my parents stayed put through the Blitz years
Am D
And me? I was sent to a farm
[Verse 6]
Em B
Yeah the sun shines, but sometimes
C G D
I don't feel like this is my country
Em B
But to say so? Oh no
C G D
I never get no sympathy
[Verse 7]
G D
Once we ruled over an empire
G D
So it feels like some kind of defeat
Am C
To comply with rules drawn up by strangers
Am D
And measure in metres not feet
[Verse 8]
G D
We don't want to go but by Jingo
G D
If we can't be in charge, then we must
Am C
But don't be offended, dear neighbour
Am D
It's not you: this is all about us
[Verse 9]
Em B
But it's alright, alright
C G D
I think I've found a remedy
Em B
Yes it's alright, gonna be alright
C G D
It's a Full English Brexit for me
[Outro]
Em B C G D
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