Sweetheart On The Barricade
Richard ThompsonVersion1
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They closed up the sooty gates of Ayres and Company
We stood on the picket line, my Jennifer and me
We blocked the street, now the lorries come and turn about
There's nothing getting in there and there's nothing getting out
Oh, she's just a tender thing, she's risking life and limb
My sweetheart's on the barricade
My heart it skips a beat, there'll be fighting in the street
But hungry folk forget to be afraid
My sweetheart's on the barricade
And here come the managers to hit us on the sly
And tinpot generals with glory in their eyes
Owners, moaners, Judases and Janes
But righteousness is in our eyes, we've got no time for games
In her manner she is mild and fairly just a child
My sweetheart's on the barricade
For a fair wage in her hand, the equal of a man
She'll stand front rank in the parade
My sweetheart's on the barricade
She's running leaflets through the alley
She's passing hymn books at the rally. Halleluiah!
Friends and neighbours, won't you join the cause
Drill it in the tiny minds of them that make the laws
That workers are human, we're really just the same
We've got to have the nourishment to fill a human frame
Oh, we're people not a mob and we only wants a job
My sweetheart's on the barricade
We've had it up to here, too numb to feel the fear
My sweetheart's on the barricade
My heart it skips a beat there'll be fighting in the street
My sweetheart's on the barricade
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Readable chord sheet for Sweetheart On The Barricade by Richard Thompson
[Bm]They closed up the [F#]sooty gates of [Bm]Ayres and Comp[F#]any [Bm]We stood on the [F#]picket line, my [E7]Jennifer and me We b[Bm]locked the street, [F#]now the lorries [E7]come and turn about There's [G]nothing getting in there and there's nothing getting out Oh, she's [D]just a tender [G]thing, she's [D]risking life and [G]limb My [Bm]sweetheart's [A]on the barri[G]cade My [D]heart it skips a [G]beat, there'll be [D]fighting in the [G]street But [Bm]hungry folk for[A]get to be a[G]fraid My sweetheart's [F#]on the barri[Bm]cade [E7] [Bm] [F#] And here come the managers to hit us on the sly And tinpot generals with glory in their eyes Owners, moaners, Judases and Janes But righteousness is in our eyes, we've got no time for games In her manner she is mild and fairly just a child My sweetheart's on the barricade For a fair wage in her hand, the equal of a man She'll stand front rank in the parade My sweetheart's on the barricade [D]She's running leaflets through the [A]alley [D]She's passing hymn books at the [A]rally. [F#]Halleluiah! [G]Friends and neighbours, won't you join the cause [D]Drill it in the tiny minds of them that make the laws That [G]workers are human, we're really just the same We've [E7]got to have the nourishment to fill a human frame Oh, we're [Bm]people not a [G]mob and we [Bm]only wants a [G]job My [Bm]sweetheart's [A]on the barri[G]cade We've [Bm]had it up to [G]here, too [Bm]numb to feel the [G]fear My [Bm]sweetheart's [A]on the barri[G]cade My [Em]heart it skips a [F#m]beat there'll be [Em]fighting in the [F#m]street My [Em]sweetheart's [F#]on the barri[Bm]cade