The World Turned Upside Down (The Diggers' Song) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
In [Em]sixteen [Bb]forty- nine to Saint [Em]George's Hill
A ragged band they [Eb]called the [Em]Diggers
came to show the people's will
They defied the [Bb]landlords,
they de[Em]fied the law
They were the dispossessed,
reclaiming [D]what [Em]was theirs

[Verse 2]
"We come [Em]in peace," [Bb]they said,
"to [Em]dig and sow
We come to [D]work the [Bb]land in [Em]common and
to make the waste ground grow
This earth divided we will make whole
So it can be a common treas
[D]ury [Em]for all

[Verse 3]
The sin of [Em]prope[Bb]r ty[Em] we do disdain
No man has any right to buy and
sell the earth for private gain
By theft and murder they steal the land
Now everywhere the walls rise
up at their [D]com[Em]mand

[Verse 4]
They make [A]the [D]laws to
chain us [Em]well
The clergy [D]dazzle us with heaven
or they damn us into hell
We will not [Em]worship the god
they serve
They god [D]of greed who feeds the
[Em]rich while poor [E]folk [F#m]starve
[Em]We work, we

[Verse 5]
eat [A]togeth[D]er,
we [Em]need no swords
We will not [D]bow [Em]to t[D]he masters or
pay rent to the lord[Em]s
Still we are [D]free [Em]men though we are poor
You Diggers all, stand up for glory,
stand [D]up [Em]now"

[Verse 6]
From the men of [A]property
the or[Em]der came
[E]They sent the [D]hired men and troopers
to wipe out [Em]the Digger[E]s' claim
Tear [Em]down their [A]cottages,
[D]destroy their cor[Em]n
They were dis[B]persed,
but still the vision car[Em]ries on

[Verse 7]
You poor, [Em]take cour[D]age,
you rich, [Em]take care
This earth was [D]made a common
treasury for everyone [Em]to share
All things in [A]common,
[Em]all peop[E]le one[Em]
We come [D]in peace,
the order [Em]came to cut them [D]down