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
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Dedicado a León Trotsky, Emiliano Zapata y Comandante Che Guevara
[Verse 1]
A D
Stand up all victims of oppression
E7 A E7
For the tyrants fear your might
A D
Don't cling so hard to your possessions
E7 A
For you have nothing if you have no rights
E B7 E
Let racist ignorance be ended
B7 E B7
For respect makes the empires fall
E E7 A
Freedom is merely privilege extended
E B7 E E7
Unless enjoyed by one and all
[Chorus]
A D
So come brothers and sisters
E7 A E7
For the struggle carries on
A E7 F#m C#7
The Inter-national-E
D B7 E E7
Unites the world in song
A D
So come comrades and rally
E7 A A7
For this is the time and place
F#7 Bm7
The international ideal
A E7 A
Unites the human race
[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)
Let no one build walls to divide us
Walls of hatred or walls of stone
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
We'll live together or we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by exploitation
Those who have taken, now they must give
And end the vanity of nations
We have but one world on which to live
[Chorus]
A D
So come brothers and sisters
E7 A E7
For the struggle carries on
A E7 F#m C#7
The Inter-national-E
D B7 E E7
Unites the world in song
A D
So come comrades and rally
E7 A A7
For this is the time and place
F#7 Bm7
The international ideal
A E7 A
Unites the human race
[Verse 3]
(same as verse 1)
And so begins the final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armor
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by life and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above
[Chorus]
A D
So come brothers and sisters
E7 A E7
For the struggle carries on
A E7 F#m C#7
The Inter-national-E
D B7 E E7
Unites the world in song
A D
So come comrades and rally
E7 A A7
For this is the time and place
F#7 Bm7
The international ideal
A E7 A
Unites the human race
[Verse 1]
A D
Stand up all victims of oppression
E7 A E7
For the tyrants fear your might
A D
Don't cling so hard to your possessions
E7 A
For you have nothing if you have no rights
E B7 E
Let racist ignorance be ended
B7 E B7
For respect makes the empires fall
E E7 A
Freedom is merely privilege extended
E B7 E E7
Unless enjoyed by one and all
[Chorus]
A D
So come brothers and sisters
E7 A E7
For the struggle carries on
A E7 F#m C#7
The Inter-national-E
D B7 E E7
Unites the world in song
A D
So come comrades and rally
E7 A A7
For this is the time and place
F#7 Bm7
The international ideal
A E7 A
Unites the human race
[Verse 2]
(same as verse 1)
Let no one build walls to divide us
Walls of hatred or walls of stone
Come greet the dawn and stand beside us
We'll live together or we'll die alone
In our world poisoned by exploitation
Those who have taken, now they must give
And end the vanity of nations
We have but one world on which to live
[Chorus]
A D
So come brothers and sisters
E7 A E7
For the struggle carries on
A E7 F#m C#7
The Inter-national-E
D B7 E E7
Unites the world in song
A D
So come comrades and rally
E7 A A7
For this is the time and place
F#7 Bm7
The international ideal
A E7 A
Unites the human race
[Verse 3]
(same as verse 1)
And so begins the final drama
In the streets and in the fields
We stand unbowed before their armor
We defy their guns and shields
When we fight provoked by their aggression
Let us be inspired by life and love
For though they offer us concessions
Change will not come from above
[Chorus]
A D
So come brothers and sisters
E7 A E7
For the struggle carries on
A E7 F#m C#7
The Inter-national-E
D B7 E E7
Unites the world in song
A D
So come comrades and rally
E7 A A7
For this is the time and place
F#7 Bm7
The international ideal
A E7 A
Unites the human race
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