Аккорды The Young'uns - These Hands

[Verse 1]
    D                   A            D                A
The war’d not long been over and the future seemed so bright
   G               D              Bm            A
We gathered in the church hall in Georgetown at night
   D                    A           G             A
He said there’s work in England for woman and for man
     Bm                   D
So I clapped the handsome stranger
G    A     D
With these hands

[Verse 2]
D           A           D                G
Farewell to Guyana, the land where I was born
                  D            Bm
We sailed for Southampton on a bright April morn
        D                A             D                  G
And the moon was sinking quickly as we looked back to the land
                    Bm
And I held onto the railing
G    A     D
With these hands

[Verse 3]
    D               A              D           A
Now when we came to England it was late in the night
G               D              Bm         A
Took a train to Paddington and my, what a sight
      D           A            G               A
Was a white woman sweeping up around the paper stand
      Bm                D
And I rubbed my eyes in wonder
G    A     D
With these hands

[Verse 4]
    D            A           D               G
Now I was a heartbreaker and I had skills to share
               D                Bm
Songs to sing, joy to bring and children to bear
       D                   A        D             G
But no blacks, no dogs, no Irish, I couldn’t understand
                    Bm
But I wiped away my tears
G    A     D
With these hands

[Verse 5]
        D                  A                D             A
Now the first place that I found to rent it didn’t have a bath
    G                 D               Bm                A
The next place barely had a roof, sometimes you have to laugh
    D          A               G               A
For under an umbrella, well it wasn’t what I’d planned
      Bm                   D
But I cooked the Christmas dinner
G    A     D
With these hands

[Verse 6]
    D             A              D                A
I became a foster mother, took a hundred children in
      G                 D             Bm                A
Loved every one, kissed every one, no matter what their skin
         D             A      G                 A
And they offered me an MBE, I said I don’t need one
      Bm                 D
And besides I’ve no good dress
   G    A  D
To wear it on

[Verse 7]
     D                A                D               G
So I asked if I could trade it for the things I really need
                    D                Bm
Like bed sheets and pillow slips for all the kids I feed
        D                 A            D                 G
And the mayor he listened to me and he made this promise grand
                  Bm
And the keys of a new house were
G  A     D
In these hands

[Verse 8]
    D                    A                    D              A
But soon jack boots came marching through the streets of our town
    G              D                    Bm               A
Our tires slashed, windows smashed, our youth club burnt down
      D              A        G           A
And I prayed that my children didn’t understand
     Bm                  D
As I wiped their smeared faces
G    A     D
With these hands

[Verse 9]
        D            A        D              G
And the words of the stranger who had led me here
                     D               Bm
Weren’t the words of welcome now but words of fear
        D         A                D         G
And the river was bleeding and the smell was foul
                   Bm
For the stranger’s name was
G A   D
Enoch Powell

[Verse 10]
       D             A          D                A
And at 4 o’clock one morning, a knock came at my door
     G               D               Bm           A
They took me down to Deptford, where raging fires roared
D        A                   G                   A
13 would die that night, the flames could not Bme fanned
    Bm                 D
And still the smell of New Cross is
G  A     D
On these hands

[Verse 11]
    D             A             D             G
But as the people gathered, and as the people cried
              D         Bm
As the flames fell, and as the flames died,
  D              A           D                  G
I stood amid the ashes and beneath the brooding sky
                  Bm
I said my name is Phoenix and
G  A    D
We will rise

[Verse 12]
    D                    A                   D                 A
For these hands wear the years of love, they bear the scars of pain
      G                  D                Bm                A
These hands have built a better world and these hands will again
    D                      A             G                   A
And though these hands are old now, well they’ve got more to give
Bm                D
These hands don’t forget,
    G    A  D
But they forgive

[Verse 13]
    D                    A               D                 G
And though the walls are rising now, you may think hope is gone
                          D                Bm
These hands of mine, they are the proof of all that can be done
      D            A              D               G
So whoever is your neighbour link arms and make a stand
                     Bm
And we will face the future
G    A     D
With these hands

[Verse 14]
      D            A              D               G
So whoever is your neighbour link arms and make a stand
                     Bm
And we will face the future
G    A     D
With these hands