C#m
slowly down
F#m      B
down the river
E
the one you sold me down
Ab
where all my timbers shiver

C#m
you hold them down
F#m            B
and as they're flailing
B
yeah as they drown
you say
Ab
"oh look they're waving"


A  C#m       
oh Britannia 
Ab
somehow she was saved
A  C#m                     
(Britannia) 
Ab
raped by all the slaves
Ab
raped all the slaves


C#m
sorry Dad
F#m       B      E
for every single good time that I had
Ab
they made it look so bad

C#m
sorry mum
F#m         B           E
for all the good things that I done
Ab
gave you hope when there was none..


A         C#m          
schools - how can you? 
Ab
teach that we were saved
A      C#m
fools, Britannia 
Ab
tell me I can live
Ab
ammonia and sieve
my baby's coming with me..


C#m
for the outing
A               Ab  
from the prison of my mind
C#m        A
no 3 score and 10 wreck
Ab
i wont be blind/ly led
this lion by a donkey


C#m
Down for the outing
A               Ab
from the prison of your mind
C#m          A
where pretty ribbons
Ab                    
a wild beast cannot bind
C#m        A           Ab
and pretty rhythms can ease a troubled mind
Ab
ease a troubled mind
Ab
lick it til it shines
Ab
many troubled minds 
round here