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.
G
Take down the Union Jack
C Cadd9 G
It clashes with the sunset
D Am
And put it in the attic
C G
With the Emperors old clothes
G
When did it fall apart ?
C Cadd9 G
Sometime in the 80s
G Am
When the good and the great
C G
Gave way to the greedy and the mean
F C
Britain isnt cool you know
G D
And its really not that great
F C
Its not a proper country
G D
It doesnt even have a patron saint
F C
Its just an economic union
Eb F G
Thats past its sell-by date
G
Take down the Union Jack
C Cadd9 G
It clashes with the sunset
D Am
And ask our Scottish neighbours
C G
If independence looks any good
G
Cos they just might understand
C Cadd9 G
How to take an abstract notion
D Am
Of personal identity
C G
And turn it into nationhood
F C
Is this the 19th Century
G D
That Im watching on TV ?
F C
The dear old Queen of England
G D
Handing out those MBEs
F C
Member of the British Empire
Eb F G
That doesn’t sound too good to me
C D
Gilbert and George
Em
Are taking the piss arent they ?
C D E
Gilbert and George are taking the piss
C D
What could be more British than
Em
Heres a picture of me bum
C D E
Gilbert and George are taking the piss
G
Take down the Union Jack
C Cadd9 G
It clashes with the sunset
D Am
And pile up all those history books
C G
But dont throw them away
G
Cos they just might have a clue
C Cadd9 G
About what it really means
D Am
To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon
C G
In England-dot-Co-dot-UK
D Am
To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon
C G
In England-dot-Co-dot-UK
