It Says Here Chords
by Billy Bragg
It Says Here by Billy Bragg is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, C, D, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C G D (2x)
C G D
It says here that the unions will never learn
C G D
And it says here that the economy is on the upturn
C G D
And it says here we should be proud that we are free
C G D
And our free press reflects our democracy
G Em C G
Those braying voices on the right of the house
G Em C G
Echo down the street of shame
G Em C G
Where politics mix with bingo and tits
G Em C G
In a money and numbers game
D Em
Where they offer you a feature on stockings and suspenders
C G
Next to a call for stiffer penalties for sex offenders
G C G D
G C G D
C G D
It says here that this year's prince is born
C G D
And it says here "d'you ever wish that you were better informed?"
C G D
And it says here that we can only stop the rot
C G D
With a large dose of law and order and a touch of the short sharp shock
G Em C G
Is this does not reflect your view you must understand
G Em C G
That those who own these papers also own this land
G Em C G
And they'd rather you believe in Coronation Street capers
G Em C G
In the war for circulation, it sells newspapers
D Em
Would it be an infringement of the freedom of the press to print
C G
Pictures of women in states of undress?
G C G D
G C G D
G F C
G F C
D Em
When you wake up to the fact that your paper is Tory
C G
Just remember there are two sides to every story
G C D
G C D