Chords for The Imagined Village - Hard Times of Old England (Cambridge Folk '08)
Tempo:
100.6 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
G
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] For five generations my family have carved
By horse and by tractor, by hoe and by hand
But that won't stay, but the bank's latest in mind
In all the times of old England
In old England, very hard times
[C] [G] Time was I could sell all I grew at the shop
Then Tesco's turned up, all of that had to stop
Now I can't make a living out of my crop
In all the hard times of old England
In old England, very hard times
[C]
[G] More and more of our village gets sold every day
And folks from the city [C] seem happy [D] to pay
[G] For their holiday cottage to stand empty all day
In all the hard times of old England
[C] In old [G] England, very hard [Em] times
[D]
[C] [G]
[D] [Em] [D]
[C] [D] [G]
What's the countryside alliance expect, [D] I suppose?
[C] My support, [D] I may mark [C] it, and bloody [D] blares note
[G] But this [C] ain't not a word [D] when our post office's closed
In all the [G] hard times of old England
[C] In old [D] England, very hard [C] [G] times
[D]
[C] [G]
The hedgerows my grandfather tended [D] have gone
[C] And with [D] them the lampwing [C] and the cornquake [D] set on
[G] And fear [C] I'll be [D] forlorn, I'll be forlorn
In all the hard [G] times of old England
[C] In old [D] England, very [C] hard
[G] times
[D] [C]
[G] So now to conclude and to finish my song
Let's hope that these hard times they will not last long
And I may soon have occasion for to alter my song
And sing all the good times [C] of old [G] England
[C] In old [D] England, very [Em] good times
[D] Can [G] [C]
[G] we see ya?
[D] [Em]
[D] [C] A triumphant [G] collision of many styles and characters [D] that is Imagine Village
which is a real [C] radical reworking and [Am] reappraisal of the [Dm] roots of English song
and was one [C] of the highlights here [G] at Cambridge
So, from the 2008 [D] festival, we'll see you again.
[G] Goodnight.
[N]
By horse and by tractor, by hoe and by hand
But that won't stay, but the bank's latest in mind
In all the times of old England
In old England, very hard times
[C] [G] Time was I could sell all I grew at the shop
Then Tesco's turned up, all of that had to stop
Now I can't make a living out of my crop
In all the hard times of old England
In old England, very hard times
[C]
[G] More and more of our village gets sold every day
And folks from the city [C] seem happy [D] to pay
[G] For their holiday cottage to stand empty all day
In all the hard times of old England
[C] In old [G] England, very hard [Em] times
[D]
[C] [G]
[D] [Em] [D]
[C] [D] [G]
What's the countryside alliance expect, [D] I suppose?
[C] My support, [D] I may mark [C] it, and bloody [D] blares note
[G] But this [C] ain't not a word [D] when our post office's closed
In all the [G] hard times of old England
[C] In old [D] England, very hard [C] [G] times
[D]
[C] [G]
The hedgerows my grandfather tended [D] have gone
[C] And with [D] them the lampwing [C] and the cornquake [D] set on
[G] And fear [C] I'll be [D] forlorn, I'll be forlorn
In all the hard [G] times of old England
[C] In old [D] England, very [C] hard
[G] times
[D] [C]
[G] So now to conclude and to finish my song
Let's hope that these hard times they will not last long
And I may soon have occasion for to alter my song
And sing all the good times [C] of old [G] England
[C] In old [D] England, very [Em] good times
[D] Can [G] [C]
[G] we see ya?
[D] [Em]
[D] [C] A triumphant [G] collision of many styles and characters [D] that is Imagine Village
which is a real [C] radical reworking and [Am] reappraisal of the [Dm] roots of English song
and was one [C] of the highlights here [G] at Cambridge
So, from the 2008 [D] festival, we'll see you again.
[G] Goodnight.
[N]
Key:
C
D
G
Em
Am
C
D
G
[G] For five generations my family have carved
By horse and by tractor, by hoe and by hand
But that won't stay, but the bank's latest in mind
In all the times of old England
_ In old England, very hard times _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Time was I could sell all I grew at the shop
Then Tesco's turned up, all of that had to stop
Now I can't make a living out of my crop
In all the hard times of old England _
In old England, very hard _ times
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ More and more of our village gets sold every day
And folks from the city [C] seem happy [D] to pay
[G] For their holiday cottage to stand empty all day
In all the hard times of old England
_ [C] In old [G] England, very hard [Em] times
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
What's the countryside _ alliance expect, [D] I suppose?
[C] My support, [D] I may mark [C] it, and bloody [D] blares note
[G] But this [C] ain't not a word [D] when our post office's closed
In all the [G] hard times of old England
_ [C] In old [D] England, very hard [C] [G] times
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
The hedgerows my grandfather tended [D] have gone
[C] And with [D] them the lampwing [C] and the cornquake [D] set on
[G] And fear [C] I'll be [D] forlorn, I'll be forlorn
In all the hard [G] times of old England
_ [C] In old [D] England, very [C] hard _
[G] times
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ So now to conclude and to finish my song
Let's hope that these hard times they will not last long
And I may soon have occasion for to alter my song
And sing all the good times [C] of old [G] England _
[C] In old [D] England, very [Em] good times _
[D] Can [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] we see ya?
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ A triumphant [G] collision of many styles and characters [D] that is Imagine Village
which is a real [C] radical reworking and [Am] reappraisal of the [Dm] roots of English song
and was one [C] of the highlights here [G] at Cambridge
So, from the 2008 [D] festival, we'll see you again.
[G] Goodnight. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
By horse and by tractor, by hoe and by hand
But that won't stay, but the bank's latest in mind
In all the times of old England
_ In old England, very hard times _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Time was I could sell all I grew at the shop
Then Tesco's turned up, all of that had to stop
Now I can't make a living out of my crop
In all the hard times of old England _
In old England, very hard _ times
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ More and more of our village gets sold every day
And folks from the city [C] seem happy [D] to pay
[G] For their holiday cottage to stand empty all day
In all the hard times of old England
_ [C] In old [G] England, very hard [Em] times
_ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
What's the countryside _ alliance expect, [D] I suppose?
[C] My support, [D] I may mark [C] it, and bloody [D] blares note
[G] But this [C] ain't not a word [D] when our post office's closed
In all the [G] hard times of old England
_ [C] In old [D] England, very hard [C] [G] times
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
The hedgerows my grandfather tended [D] have gone
[C] And with [D] them the lampwing [C] and the cornquake [D] set on
[G] And fear [C] I'll be [D] forlorn, I'll be forlorn
In all the hard [G] times of old England
_ [C] In old [D] England, very [C] hard _
[G] times
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ So now to conclude and to finish my song
Let's hope that these hard times they will not last long
And I may soon have occasion for to alter my song
And sing all the good times [C] of old [G] England _
[C] In old [D] England, very [Em] good times _
[D] Can [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] we see ya?
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ A triumphant [G] collision of many styles and characters [D] that is Imagine Village
which is a real [C] radical reworking and [Am] reappraisal of the [Dm] roots of English song
and was one [C] of the highlights here [G] at Cambridge
So, from the 2008 [D] festival, we'll see you again.
[G] Goodnight. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _