F C And on the field of Blackheath F C Us commons covered the earth G C More men than ever I did see F G A B Poor honest men from birth [Verse] A E A E Men came up from Kent and out of Essex too B A B Naught but the Thames divides us and unites us onwards through A E A E All the villages of England, on to London town B A B Where we poor men would see our king and lay our grievance down A E A E Wat Tyler led us men from Kent, rough hands were shaken there B A B King Richard and the commons, our bold resolve and prayer [Instrumental] G C F B [Verse] A E A E We knew our king would hear us, our loyalty was clear B A B The bloody lawyers' poll tax had a-brought us labourers here A E A E And yet he wouldn't see us, so to London we did roar B A B And the poor there and the Essex men, burst down the prison door [Verse] A E A E What happened at the Tower was justice, rough in part B A B The murders of the Flemish boys, sat uneasy in my heart A E A E "Now the king must see us", said Tyler to his men B A B The very next day young Richard came and met us at Mile End [Chorus] G D And on the field of Blackheath G D Us commons covered the earth A D More men than ever I did see G A B Poor honest men from birth [Verse] A E A E Kent and Essex, Bedford, Sussex received King Richard's word B A B No harm nor blame would come to them if home they would return A E A E Lincoln, Cambridge, Stafford too, received our young king's favour B A B Though thirty thousand left us there, believing it was over [Verse] A E A E But Tyler, he was not convinced and told us to remain B A B "I want to hear his words again, for nothing much has changed" A E A E Tyler, he approached the king and took Richard by the arm B A B And his rough but friendly gesture, caused Richard's knights alarm [Instrumental] E B E B F# B E F# G# [Verse] A E A E "Ah, me lord " said Tyler, "companions we will be" B A B "I shall trust in you my lord, if you will trust in me" A E A E So he called for water, and then he called for ale B A B And his manner shocked young Richard's knights and I watched the Lord Mayor pale [Verse] A E A E "I know this man" a voice accused, "Wat Tyler is a thief" B A B The Lord Mayor feared he'd harm the king, that was his true belief A E A E And there at Smithfield, drew his sword and cut our captain down B A B And the heart went out of all of us, with his blood upon the ground [Chorus] G D And on the field of Blackheath G D Us commons covered the earth A D More men than ever I did see G A B Poor honest men from birth [Verse] A E A E Young Richard, he was merciful when he pardoned one and all B A B But home to Kent like beaten dogs, still serfs we had to crawl G D G D But how precious was our liberty and the hope that filled us all A D Em D G Left poor Tyler's severed head upon a bloody pole...
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