Em G Born in the sight of the Liverpool dock Em G D Within the call of the sea... was the sound Em ...of poverty Em G So they write you down on their social lists Em G D Songs of war, and girls that don't exist... and how Em ...you can't be free. CHORUS Em G For yesterday, we were ten years old Em G Yesterday, we were freezing cold Em G D Yesterday, you had us bought and sold... but now... Em We are Billy Bold Em G Must we immigrate, or stand and fight? Em G D Troubled times when we must unite... let the chains... Em ...that bind us free. Em G There's no need to shout, everybody knows Em G D It's wilted now, our English rose... lets stone... Em ...the last Bastille CHORUS Em G For yesterday, we were ten years old Em G Yesterday, we were freezing cold Em G D Yesterday, you had us bought and sold... but now... Em We are Billy Bold Em G For the battern's hard, and the dungeon's cold Em G You black and white, you young and old Em G D Yesterday, we did what we were told... but now... Em ...we are Billy Bold CHORUS Em G For yesterday, we were ten years old Em G Yesterday, we were freezing cold Em G D Yesterday, you had us bought and sold... but now... Em We are Billy Bold Em G Em And you hear, how the drums they roll Em G Em Street war, must take it's toll Em G Em For now... We are Billy Bold