Emily Davison blues
Intro: G, D, Cadd9, G
G D Cadd9 G
Stop the clocks and open up your ears and drown out one flat string
G D Cadd9 G
Because there is more than one voice here and baby we are here to say something
G D Cadd9 G
Weve come to burn down the halls weve come to break down the halls of history
G D Cadd9 G
Weve come to set fire to this land and demand accountability
Bm G Em7 D
So we marched over the mountains we marched over the Thames
Bm G Em7 D
When you said you couldnt hear us we sang louder and then,
Bm G Em7 D
When all the kings horses and all the kings men
Bm G Em7 D
Couldnt put this country back together again
C Bm7 G D
When no ones listening only violence makes the news
Cadd9 G D G
Ive got the Emily Davison blues
G D Cadd9 G
Stop the clocks and open up your ears and hear our voices sing
G D Cadd9 G
in every street across this land let the sound of revolution ring.
G D Cadd9 G
Weve come to take back whats ours weve come to make the powers justified.
G D Cadd9 G
The selling of our futures by a man who stole our votes with a lie
Bm G Em7 D
So we marched over the mountains we marched over the Thames
Bm G Em7 D
When you said you couldnt hear us we sang louder and then,
Bm G Em7 D
When all the kings horses and all the kings men
Bm G Em7 D
Couldnt put this country back together again
C Bm7 G D
When no ones listening only violence makes the news
Cadd9 G D G
Ive got the Emily Davison blues
G D Cadd9 G
Stop the clocks and open up your ears and hear our voices sing.
G D Cadd9 G
Because there is more than one voice here and baby
Cadd9 G
Weve come to say something
Cadd9 G
Weve come to say something
Cadd9 G
Weve come to say something
Bm G Em7 D
So we marched over the mountains we marched over the Thames
Bm G Em7 D
When you said you couldnt hear us we sang louder and then,
Bm G Em7 D
When all the kings horses and all the kings men
Bm G Em7 D
Couldnt put this country back together again
C Bm7 G D
When no ones listening only violence makes the news
Cadd9 G D G
Ive got the Emily Davison blues
C Bm7 G D
When no ones listening only violence makes the news
C Bm7 G D
Its not an option that we would ever gladly choose
C Bm7 G D
But it seems whichever way I vote I always lose
C Bm7 G D
And there is no victim no minority whose
C Bm7 G D
Hopes you wont stand on wont abandon wont abuse
C Bm7 G D
When only millionaires and Tories write the news
Cadd9 G D G
Ive got the Emily Davison blues
