Billy Bragg – Take Down The Union Jack (Guitar)
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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 [tab] 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 D# 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 D# 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