Tradsinger,

I have worked on your suggestion and come up with something that I am happy with. Its based on the chords you sent and the ones my friend showed me from the Coppers songbook.

Come all (G) brother tradesmen that travel a-(D)lone
O (C) pray come and (D) tell me where the (C) trade is all (D) gone
Long (G) time I have (C) travelled and (D) cannot find (D7) none
And its (Am)all the hard (D) times of old (G) England
In old (C) England (D) very hard (G)times

For me this is easy to play and fits in with the way I sing it. Easy chords and no fast changes means I can focus more on singing it well.

Now I can go and learn the words to the Billy Bragg version.

Thanks for all you help

Jiggers