• Song:

    Take Down The Union Jack

  • Artist:

    Billy Bragg

  • Album:

    Must I Paint You a Pict...

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Take Down the Union Jack (Millennium Song)

Capo wherever you like.
I believe the recording is in the key of C (capo at 5), but I always do A (capo at 
2) because I find it easier to sing.

GTake (320003@1)down the Union Jack
   C (x32010@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)  GIt (320003@1)clashes with the sunset
    D (xx0232@1)           Am (x02210@1)And put it in the attic
         C (x32010@1)           GWith (320003@1)the Emperors old clothes
GWhen (320003@1)did it fall apart ?
C (x32010@1)      Cadd9 (x32030@1)GSometime (320003@1)in the 80s
         G (320003@1)          AmWhen (x02210@1)the good and the great
                C (x32010@1)            GGave (320003@1)way to the greedy and the mean

F (133211@1)           CBritain (x32010@1)isnt cool you know
         G (320003@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)its really not that great
     F (133211@1)          CIts (x32010@1)not a proper country
                G (320003@1)           DIt (xx0232@1)doesnt even have a patron saint
             F (133211@1)      CIts (x32010@1)just an economic union
       Eb (x43121@3)     F (133211@1)     GThats (320003@1)past its sell-by date

GTake (320003@1)down the Union Jack
   C (x32010@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)  GIt (320003@1)clashes with the sunset
    D (xx0232@1)              AmAnd (x02210@1)ask our Scottish neighbours
       C (x32010@1)                GIf (320003@1)independence looks any good
     GCos (320003@1)they just might understand
       C (x32010@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)  GHow (320003@1)to take an abstract notion
   D (xx0232@1)       AmOf (x02210@1)personal identity
            C (x32010@1)        GAnd (320003@1)turn it into nationhood

F (133211@1)              CIs (x32010@1)this the 19th Century
         G (320003@1)          DThat (xx0232@1)Im watching on TV ?
    F (133211@1)               CThe (x32010@1)dear old Queen of England
        G (320003@1)        DHanding (xx0232@1)out those MBEs
F (133211@1)                  CMember (x32010@1)of the British Empire
             Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1)       GThat (320003@1)doesn't sound too good to me

C (x32010@1)         DGilbert (xx0232@1)and George
               EmAre (022000@1)taking the piss arent they ?
C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)                   EGilbert (022100@1)and George are taking the piss
C (x32010@1)                DWhat (xx0232@1)could be more British than
        EmHeres (022000@1)a picture of me bum
C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)                   EGilbert (022100@1)and George are taking the piss

GTake (320003@1)down the Union Jack
   C (x32010@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)  GIt (320003@1)clashes with the sunset
    D (xx0232@1)               AmAnd (x02210@1)pile up all those history books
    C (x32010@1)               GBut (320003@1)dont throw them away
     GCos (320003@1)they just might have a clue
      C (x32010@1)     Cadd9 (x32030@1)GAbout (320003@1)what it really means
         D (xx0232@1)          AmTo (x02210@1)be an Anglo hyphen Saxon
           C (x32010@1)         GIn (320003@1)England-dot-Co-dot-UK
         D (xx0232@1)          AmTo (x02210@1)be an Anglo hyphen Saxon
           C (x32010@1)         GIn (320003@1)England-dot-Co-dot-UK

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