Verse 1
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DI (xx0232@1)am a member of the council of the naval mutiny
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)no traitor to my conscience having done my sworn duty
Verse 2
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DThese (xx0232@1)are my last words before the scaffold and I charge you all to hear
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DHow (xx0232@1)a wretched British sailor Became a citizen mutineer
Verse 3
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DPressed (xx0232@1)into service to carry powder I was loyal to the crack of the whip
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DIf (xx0232@1)I starved on the streets of Bristol, I starved worse on a British ship
Chorus
D (xx0232@1) GRed (320003@1)is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)DWhite (xx0232@1)is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy
Verse 4
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DI (xx0232@1)was awoken from my misery by the words of Thomas Paine
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DOn (xx0232@1)my barren soil they fell like The sweetest drops of rain
Chorus
D (xx0232@1) GRed (320003@1)is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)DWhite (xx0232@1)is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy
BRIDGE
D (xx0232@1) DSo (xx0232@1)in the spring of the year we took the fleet every sail and cannon and compass sheet
G (320003@1) AAnd (x02220@1)we flew a Jacobean flag to give us heart
D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DWhile (xx0232@1)Pitt stood helpless we were waiting for Bonaparte
Chorus
D (xx0232@1) GRed (320003@1)is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)DWhite (xx0232@1)is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy
Verse 5
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DAll (xx0232@1)you soldiers, all you sailors, all you labourers of the land
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DAll (xx0232@1)you beggars, all you builders, you've come here to watch me hang
Verse 6
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)to the masters we are the rabble, we are the swinish multitude
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DBut (xx0232@1)we can re-arrange the colours of the red and the white and the blue
Chorus
D (xx0232@1) GRed (320003@1)is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)DWhite (xx0232@1)is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy
Chorus
D (xx0232@1) GRed (320003@1)is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)DWhite (xx0232@1)is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy
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