Chords for The Men They Couldn't Hang - Ghosts Of Cable Street (1986)

_ _ _ _ _ In 1936, the grip of the Sabbath day, _
_ In London town the only sound is a whisper in an _ alleyway.
_ _ Men put on their gloves and boots, have a smoke before they go.
From the west there is a horn in a, a wind about to blow.
_ [G] Like cities are marching [C] [G] to the [C] east, but it's mostly [G] where there [D] is a man.
_ _ [G] Dressed in the [C] clothes of deep [G]-black, [D] like a gathering [G] hurricane.
_ _ This is the [C] British _ [G] Union, [C] with its [G] flag of black and [D] red.
_ [G] A flag that [C] casts a [G] shadow in [D] Berlin and [G] in Madrid.
_ _ Listen to the sound of marching [Am] _ beats,
_ _ _ _ [Em] [C] And the voices [D] of the ghosts of cable [G] streets. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Messes, thunders and patterns have [Am] begun. _
_ _ _ _ [C] The currents we [D] shall meet don't latch [G] us down.
_ _ _ _ So mile by mile [C] they come [G] on down [C] to a place [G] called cable [D] streets.
_ _ [G] Another man awaiting their [D] preparations are [G] gone for _ ease.
But they come so close they now [C] can see [G] it's outstretched [D] long.
_ [G] A hand raised up that way never took [D] the future at [G] _ headlong.
_ Listen to the sound of marching [Am] beats, _
_ _ _ _ [Em] [C] And the voices of [D] the ghosts of cable [G] streets. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Messes, thunders and patterns have [Am] begun. _
_ _ _ _ [C] The currents we [D] shall meet don't latch [G] us down.
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_ _ _ _ [Em] The battle broke as the fifth sound of [G] batons fell. _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Through the _ barricades passed the sound of a wounded [G] yell. _ _
_ _ [E] Jack's box [Em] crept through with a chair leg made [G] of lead. _ _ _
_ [C] Brought down a crushing [D] blow on those [G] we send.
We learn [C] from [G]
history _ generations have [D] to fight. _
_ [G] And those who crave [C] for [G] mastery must be [D] paced down [G] on sight.
And if that means fireworks, by fists, [C] by [G] stones or by [D] the gun. _
_ [G] Remember [C] those who [G] stood up for [D] their daughters [G] and their sons.
_ Listen to the sound of marching [Am] beats, _ _ _ _ _
[C] And the voices of [D] the ghosts of [G] cable streets. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Messes, thunders and patterns have [Am] begun. _ _ _ _ _
[C] The currents we [D] shall meet don't latch [G] us down.
Listen to the sound of marching _ beats, _ _ _ _
And the voices of the ghosts of cable _ streets. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Messes, thunders and patterns have begun. _ _ _ _ _ _
The currents we shall meet don't latch us down. _ _ _ _ _