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 Can't play "The Colours"? 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