The Diggers Song
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Originally sung acappella; chords added; Verse 2 in original but left out by Chumbawamb
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[Verse 1]
Em G D
You noble diggers all stand up now, stand up now
Em Bm Em
You noble diggers all stand up now
G D
The wasteland to maintain sing cavaliers by name
Em Bm
Your digging does maintain and persons all defame
Em Bm Em
Stand up now, stand up now
[Verse 2]
Em G D
Your houses they pull down stand up now, stand up now
Em Bm Em
Your houses they pull down, stand up now
G D
Your houses they pull down to fright your men in town
Em Bm
But the gentry must come down and the poor shall wear the crown
Em Bm Em
Stand up now diggers all
[Verse 3]
Em G D
With spades and hoes and plows stand up now, stand up now
Em Bm Em
With spades and hoes and plows, stand up now
G D
Your freedom to uphold sing cavaliers are bold
Em Bm
To kill you if they could and rights from you to hold
Em Bm Em
Stand up now diggers all
[Verse 4]
Em G D
The lawyers they conjoin stand up now stand up now
Em Bm Em
The lawyers they conjoin stand up now
G D
To rescue they advise, such fury they devise
Em Bm
The devil in them lies and hath blinded both their eyes
Em Bm Em
Stand up now, stand up now
[Verse 5]
Em G D
The clergy they come in stand up now, stand up now
Em Bm Em
The clergy they come in stand up now
G D
The clergy they come in and say it is a sin
Em Bm
That we should now begin our freedom for to win
Em Bm Em
Stand up now diggers all
[Verse 6]
Em G D
'Gainst lawyers and 'gainst priests stand up now stand up now
Em Bm Em
'Gainst lawyers and 'gainst priests stand up now
G D
For tyrants they are both, even flat against their oath
Em Bm
To grant us they are loathe free meat and drink and cloth
Em Bm Em
Stand up now diggers all
[Verse 7]
Em G D
The gentry are all round stand up now, stand up now
Em Bm Em
The gentry are all round stand up now
G D
The gentry are all round on each side they are found
Em Bm
Their wisdom so profound to cheat us of our ground
Em Bm Em
Stand up now stand up now
[Verse 8]
Em G D
The club is all their law, stand up now stand up now
Em Bm Em
The club is all their law, stand up now
G D
The club is all their law, to keep all men in awe
Em Bm
That they no vision saw to maintain such a law
Em Bm Em
Stand up now diggers all
How to play The Diggers Song
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.