England My Home Go to We the Collective version
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Written by The Levellers from their debut album "A Weapon Called The Word".
(Tabbed by Leigh (lypatbcn@hotmail.com). Added 01-JUN-2003.
VERSE:
Riff1
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-------------------|-12----------------
----------12---14--|------14---12------
-12---14-----------|-------------------
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Riff2
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-12---12-----------|-------------------
-----------15------|-12---15-----------
Riff3
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-12---12-------------|-----------------
-----------14---12---|-14---12---------
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To piece it all together... Play the riffs like this:
Riff1 Riff2 Riff1 Riff3
Finally, repeat the whole lot.
CHORUS:
10------10---------10-|-8------8--------8-
---10-----------10----|---8-----------8---
------9-------9-------|-----7-------7-----
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6-----6--------6-|-8------8--------8-
--6----------6---|---8-----------8---
----4------4-----|-----7-------7-----
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6-----6--------6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
--6----------6---|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-
----4------4-----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
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(repeat)
VERSE I:
You gave me my birth
Then you made me pay
What is it worth
Cast me away
You've really done it now
Dying in my arms
You stand here with nothing
But you've still got English charm
CHORUS:
Oh England, you're my home
My heart's heart
Crashing thunder of love
You're a place of the poor
Open wound
The lost rites of love
VERSE II:
You cut your own throat
Then you let it bleed
Misleading your people
From what they all need
Roots forgotten
That's what we all say
But what does it matter
You're the USA
BRIDGE:
Why is it England
I feel like rubbish on your streets
Why is it when I care
If feel incomplete
Why does our future seem
Such a feat
When will our consciousness
Finally meet
OUTRO:
Oh, whatever happened to
My green and pleasant land
England my Home (We the Collective) Go to regular version
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(Tabbed by Leigh Palfrey, amendments by Alan Bigham).
Note: If you're playing this alone on the acoustic I recommend playing the riff on the intro and in between parts and verse as follows:
Intro riff Verse
v ^ v ^ v ^ v v v ^ v ^ v ^ v v
e|-------------------- e|-----------------
B|-------------------- B|-----------------
G|-7/9-12/14--12-9-9-9 G|-----5/7--5-2-2-2
D|-5/7-12/14--12-9-9-9 D|-5/7-5/7--5-2-2-2
A|-5/7-10/12--10-7-7-7 A|-5/7-3/5--3-0-0-0
E|-------------------- E|-3/5-------------
Alternatively you could tune down to D and work it out that way. Alan.
Intro
D
Oh, what happened to
A G A
My green and pleasant land
E E/g
A Am
Verse
Am
You gave me my birth
Am
Then you made me pay
Am
What is it worth
A D
Cast me away
A
You've really done it now
A Am
Dying in my arms
Am
You stand here with nothing
Am
But you've still got english charm
Chorus
Am G
Oh England, you're my home
D
My heart's heart
Em G
Crashing thunder of love
Am G
You're the place of the poor
D
Open wound
Em G
You're the lost rites of love
Am
Verse
Am
You cut your own throat
Am A
Then you let it bleed
A
Misleading your people
A D A
From what they all need
Am
Roots forgotten
Am
That's what we all say
Am
But what does it matter
Am
You're the USA
Chorus
Am G
Oh England, you're my home
D
My heart's heart
Em G
Crashing thunder of love
Am G
You're the place of the poor
D
Open wound
Em G
You're the lost rites of love
Am
Intro
(n.c.)
Why is it England
I feel like rubbish on your streets
Why is it when I care
If feel incomplete
Why does our future seem
Such a feat
When will our consciousness
Finally meet
Chorus
Am G
Oh England, you're my home
D
My heart's heart
Em G
Crashing thunder of love
Am G
You're the place of the poor
D
Open wound
Em G
You're the lost rites of love
Am G
Oh England, you're my home
D
My heart's heart
Em G
Crashing thunder of love
Am G
You're the place of the poor
D
Open wound
Em G
You're the lost rites
