Cable Street Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][D][Am][D][Dsus4][D][Am]

[Verse 1]
[D]On
the [G]4th [Gm]of Octob[G]er 1[D]936,[G]
[C]I was onl[G]y a lad[D] of [Em]16
But I [G]stood beside [D]men
who were three [G]-score and [C]tattered,
[G]and average [D]in [G]between
[C]We [G]were [C]dockers and [G]teachers,
bus[D]men and engin[Em]eers,
and [G]those with [C]no job to [D]do
We were [G]wo men [C]an [G]d c[D]hildren,
[G]equal in [C]union,
[G]Atheists, [D]Christians and [Em]Jews,
And [G]we had [D]so much to [C]lose.
[G][Am][Dsus4][D][Am][D]
Now with [G]Hitler in [D]Germany,
[G]Franco in [C]Spain,
we [G]knew what fascis[D]m m[Em]eant.
So when [G]Moseley came [D]trouncin',
de[G]nouncin' the Jew[C]s
To the [G]East End of [D]London we [G]went
For I'd [C]met refugees [G]who
had [D]fled overseas
[Em]Germans, [G]Ita[C]lians and Jew[D]s
And [G]I knew their des[D]pair,
but [G]what they'd seen [C]there,
and I could[G]n't let [D]them be ab[Em]used.
We [G]had [D]so much to [C]lose.[G][Am]
[Dsus4][D][Am][Dsus4]
[D]Now [G]3 ,000 fasc[D]ists,
their [G]uniforms black[C],
had set [G]out [D]to march on that [Em]day
And six [G]thousand po[D]licemen
inten[G]ded to [C]greet them
by [G]making [D]clear their [G]way
But [C]we were there [G]ready,
our [D]nerves they were [Em]steady
One [G]hundred thou[C]sand in [D]bus
And we [G]planted our [D]feet [G]along Cable Street
[C]And we [G]sang, they sha[D]ll not[G] pa[D]ss[Em]
We [G]sang, they [C]shall not [D]pass
And [G]all us young [D]lads we were sen[G]t
To [C]the side streets to stop
[G]The polic[D]e breaking thr[Em]ough
And with [G]swift hands we [D]made
[G]Strong barri[C]cades [D]out [C]of[G]
anything [D]we could [G]use
But [C]they came to [G]charge us,
[D]but they couldn't [Em]barge us
With [G]fists, [C]batons and [D]hooves
With as [G]good as we [D]got,
we [G]withstood the [C]lot
For [G]we would [D]not be [Em]moved[G][C][D]
[C]Yes, there was [G]vi olence,
[D]yes, there was blood
[Em]And I saw [G]things a lad[C] shouldn't see
[D]But [Dsus4]I'll not [D]re[G]
[D]gret the [G]day that I [C]stood
and [G]London [D]stood with [G]me[Am][D][Am][D]
And [G]when the news [D]spread
that [G]the day had been [C]won
and [G]Moseley was [D]limping away
[Em]There were shout[G]s, there were chee[D]rs,
there were [G]songs,
there were [C]tears
and [G]I hear them a[D]ll to this d[G]ay
We [C]all swore [G]then
that we'd [D]stand up [Em]again
for as [G]long as [C]our legs [D]stood[Dsus4]
[D]And [G]when we [D]were gone,
our [G]daughters and [C]sons
would [G]stand where [D]we [G]stood
It was the [C]first time I'd [G]heard
[D]two tiny [Em]words said [G]by every
[C]wo man and [D]man[Dsus4]
[D]And [G]I say them s[D]till, and I[G] always wi[C]ll,
[G]No [D]passer [G]-on.
[C][G]