Hard Times Of Old England Retold Chords by The Imagined Village

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_ _ _ _ _ _ The five generations my [N] family have found By horse and by [G] tractor, by hoe and by hand
But that won't stave off the band's latest demand
Singing all the hard times of old _ England _
[C] In old [G] England, very hard times _
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_ _ _ [G] _ Time was I could sell what I grew at the shore
Then Tesco's turned up all of that ag to stock
Now can't make a living out of my crop
Singing all the hard times of old England _ In old England, very hard _ times
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_ [G] _ The poor of our village gets sold [A] every [F#m] day
[C] To folks [G] from the city [C] who are happy [D] to pay
[G] But they're already cut each to stand empty all [D] day
Singing all the hard [G] times of old England _ In old [C] [G] England, very [Em] hard times
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_ [G] _ The countryside alliance expects [D] I suppose [C] my support
[D] When they march [C] into bloody [D]
Blesnoes
[G] But they said [C] not a [D] word when half most of this closed
Singing all the hard [C] times of old [G]
England _ [C] In old [G] England, very [C] hard [G] times
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ The hedgerows my grandfather tended have [D] gone
[C] And with [D] them the latwing [G] and the corn [D] quite sad song
[G] I feel [C] I'll be carrying [D] on for long
Singing all the hard [C] times of old [G] England _ [C] In old [D] England, very [C] hard _ [G]
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_ _ _ _ And now to conclude and to finish my song
Let us hope that these hard times they will not last long
And I may soon have occasion for to alter my song
Singing all the good times of old England _ [C] In old [D] England, very [Em] good times
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