World Turned Upside Down

E                                 
In sixteen forty nine             
                  B
  to St George's Hill
         A                   
a ragged band they called the 
                   E
Diggers came to show the peoples'
                                    
                      will
E                                 
they defied the Landlords,    they
             B
 defied the laws
               A            
they were the dispossessed,  
     B                 E
reclaiming what was theirs


E                                 
"we come in peace" they said,     
            B
to dig and sow
            A                      
we come to work the lands in common
         E
 and to make the wastegrounds
                                    
                         grow
E                                 
this earth divided,     we will 
  B
make whole
         A              B         
so it will be a common treasury for 
E
all


E                           
the sin of property,    we do 
      B
disdain
            A                      
no man has any right to buy and 
       E
sell the earth for private gain
E                                 
by theft and murder     they took 
    B
the land
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           A                    B 
now everywhere the walls spring up
              E
 at their command


E                                 
they make the laws       to chain 
  B
us well
            A                      
the clergy dazzle us with heaven or
       E
 they damn us into hell
E                                 
we will not worship     the god 
  B
they serve
             A                  B 
the god of greed who feeds the 
                   E
rich while poor man starve


E                                 
we work, we eat together    we 
    B
need no swords
             A                   
we will not bow to the masters or 
      E
pay rent to the lords
E                                
we are free men,    though we are 
B
poor
             A                 B  
you diggers all stand up for glory
           E
 stand up now


E                                 
from the men of property,     the 
       B
orders came
               A                   
they sent the hired men and 
          E
troopers to wipe out the Diggers'
                                    
                     claim
E                                 
tear down their cottages, destroy 
   B
their corn
              A                    
they were dispersed, but still the 
 B             E
vision lingers on


E                                 
you poor take courage,    you rich
       B
 take care
                A           
this earth was made a common 
              E
treasury for everyone to share
E                            
all things in common,      all 
         B
people one
             A                B   
we come in peace, the orders came 
                   E
to cut them down


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022100 - E
799877 - B
577655 - A