take down the union jack Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[C]Take
down the Union Jack
[F]It clashes [C]with the sunset
And [G]put it in the at[Dm]tic with
the [F]emperors old [C]clothes
When did it fall apart?
[F]Sometime [C]in [F]the eig[C]hties
When [G]the great and [Dm]the good gave way
To the [F]greedy and the mean
[C]

[Verse 2]
[Bb]
Britain isn't cool, you know
It's [F]really not [C]that great
It's [Bb]not a proper [F]country
It doesn't even [C]have a patron [G]saint
It's just an [Bb]economic [F]union
That's [Db]past its [Eb]sell-by date
date
[G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Take down the Union Jack
[F]It clashes [C]with the sunset
And [G]ask our Scottish [Dm]neighbors
If independ[F]ence looks any [C]good
'Cause they just might understand
How to [F]take an [C]abstract notion
of [G]personal iden[Dm]tity
And turn it [F]into nationhood
[C]

[Verse 4]
[Bb]Is this the 19th Century
That I'm [F]watching on [C]TV
The [Bb]dear old [F]queen of England
Handing [C]out those [G]MBE[Bb] s
Member of the [F]British Empire
That doesn't [Db]sound too
[Eb]good to [G]me[A][F]
Gilbert [G]and George are taking
the piss [Am]aren't [F]they
Gilbert [G]and George are taking [Am]the piss
[F]What could be more Bri[G]tish than
is a [Am]picture of me [F]bum
Gilbert [G]and George are taking
[A]the piss

[Verse 5]
[C]Take down the Union Jack
It [F]clashes [C]with the sunset
And [G]pile up all those [Dm]history books
but [F]don't throw them [C]away
They just might have some clues
about [F]what it [C]really means
To be [G]an anglo hyphen sax[Dm]on
in England dot [F]Co dot you-K
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in England dot Co dot you-K
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