C#5
slowly down
F#5      B5
down the river
E5
the one you sold me down
Ab5
where all my timbers shiver

C#5
you hold them down
F#5            B5
and as they're flailing
B5
yeah as they drown
you say
Ab5
"oh look they're waving"


A5  C#5       
oh Britannia 
Ab5
somehow she was saved
A5  C#5                     
(Britannia) 
Ab5
raped by all the slaves
Ab5
raped all the slaves


C#5
sorry Dad
F#5       B5      E5
for every single good time that I had
Ab5
they made it look so bad

C#5
sorry mum
F#5         B5           E5
for all the good things that I done
Ab5
gave you hope when there was none..


A5         C#5          
schools - how can you? 
Ab5
teach that we were saved
A5      C#5
fools, Britannia 
Ab5
tell me I can live
Ab5
ammonia and sieve
my baby's coming with me..


C#5
for the outing
A5               Ab5  
from the prison of my mind
C#5        A5
no 3 score and 10 wreck
Ab5
i wont be blind/ly led
this lion by a donkey


C#5
Down for the outing
A5               Ab5
from the prison of your mind
C#5          A5
where pretty ribbons
Ab5                    
a wild beast cannot bind
C#5        A5           Ab5
and pretty rhythms can ease a troubled mind
Ab5
ease a troubled mind
Ab5
lick it til it shines
Ab5
many troubled minds 
round here