Bread or Blood (Ely & Littleport Riot) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]We h[Am]ad a [Em]bowl of
lentil soup yesterday,
and nothing yet today, so...
Over one million people
were given emergency food
in Britain last [Am]year,
[Em]and the numbers [Fm]are growing.
[Baug]Bread or[B] b[F#]lood,[Fm][Em][Gb]
[Em]bread or [F#m]blood,
[F#]bread or [F#m]blood, [Em]bread or [Gb]blood,
[C#]they worked all day
[F#]just for half [Em]a shil[B]ling's pay.[F#]
[Am]Ely and [Em]Little bought riots,
[C#]now the money's all gone
an[F#]d the wa[Fm]r's no[B]t done.
[Gb]Ely [Gbm]and Li[D]ttle[Am]port[Em] Riots[E]
[Db]With the taxes [Fm]so hi[D]gh
[F#m]and the wa[Am]ges so[C#] low
They were [Gb]forced [B]from the land
where their [Db]daily bread [Fm]grows[F][Fm]
[C]Those that [Fm]gathered [Db]un derstood
[Gb]it w[Fm]as bread or it was blood[Gb]
At the Ely and [B]Little[Em]port Riot[F#]s
[C#]Oh, oh, for the [Am]price [Em]of grain,
[F#m]we hav[C#]e nothing [F#m]left to lose
but our [C#]chains.
Hear the [F#m]voices coming
[F#]down the [E]lane,[Em]
[Fm]can you [Db]hear?[Fm]
[Gb]Bread or blood, [Em]bread [E]or [B]blood,[F#]
bread or blood, [Em]bread or [F#]blood.
Tradesmen, landlords,
[E]locking all their [F#]doors,
[Am]Healy and [E]Little[Em]port riot[F#]s.
[C#]While the stout and the [F#]good
[Fm]plundered [B]everything they [Gb]could,
[D]Healy [Am]and [Em]Littleport riots[B].[Gb]
Starved of a [D]spoonful,
[F#]hang[C#]ed for a spoon,
[Fm]They danced for a day to the
common[C#]ers' [Fm]tune.
[C]Now [Fm]five men dead
for the price of bread
from the [D]Ely [Fm]and Little [Em]Port R[E]iots[Fm].
Oh, [C#]oh, for the price [Fm]of gr[F#]ain.
[Fm]We have nothing left to lose
but our chains.
Hear the [F#]voices coming [Fm]down the lane.
Can you hear?
Bread or blood, [D#]bread or [Fm]blood,
bread or blood,
[D#]bread or [Fm]blood,
so the sermon preached
and the judgement reached,
Ely and Littleport riots,
with clergy and crown there
to send them [D#]all d[Fm]own,
Ely and Little[D#]port riot[Fm]s.
[C#]From parish and pul[Fm]pit,
power and pence,
they charged every man
with a [C]capital [Fm]offence.
So lest we forget,
let us pay back the debt
[Fm]to the Healy and Littlep[D#]ort riots.[Fm]
Oh, oh, [Fm]for the price of b[D#]read.
[Fm]We have nothing left to lose
but our chain[C]s.
[Fm]Hear the voices coming down the lane.
Can you hear?
[C]Can you hear?
Can you hear?
[Fm]Bread or blood.
[D#]Bread or [Fm]blood.
Bread or blood.
[D#]Bread or [Fm]blood.
Bread O [Fm]'Bloods! [D#]Bread O [Fm]'Bloods!
Bread O 'Bloods! Bread
[D#]O 'Bloods!