Take Down The Union Jack Chords by Billy Bragg

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Take down the Union Jack, that clashes with the sunset
[G] Put it in [Dm] the attic with [C] the Emperor's old clothes
When did it fall apart?
_ [F] _ Sometime [C] in the 80s
[G] When the great [Dm] and the good gave way [F] to the greedy and the mean
Britain _ _ [Bb] _ _
isn't cool, you [C] know, it's really not that great
It's [Bb] not a [F] proper country, [C] doesn't even have a [G] patron saint
[Bb] It's just an [F] economic union that's [Ab] passed [Eb] its sell-by [G] date
Take _ _ _ _ _ _ _ down the Union Jack, [F] it clashes [C] with the sunset
[G] And ask our [Dm] Scottish neighbours if independence looks [C] any good
They just might have a clue [F] how to take an [C] abstract notion
[G] Of personal [Dm] _ identity [F] and turn it into [C]
nationhood
Is _ _ [Bb] this the 19th century [Fm] that I'm watching [C] on TV? _
[Gm] The dear old [C] Queen of England handing out those [G]
MVEs
_ [Bb] Member of [F] the British Empire, [Db] that doesn't sound [Eb] too good to [G] me _
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And [G] Gilbert and George are taking [Am] the piss, aren't they? _
_ _ [C] _ Gilbert [G] and George are [A] taking the piss
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] What could be more [G] British than [Am] here's a picture of me bum?
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Gilbert [G] and George are taking the [A] piss _ _
_ _ [C] Take down the Union Jack, [F] it clashes [C] with the sunset
[G] And pile up all [Dm] those history books, [C] but don't throw them [C] away
They just might have a clue about what it really means
To [G] be an Anglo [Dm]-Saxon in [F] England.co [C].uk
To [G] be an Anglo _
[Dm]-Saxon in [F] England.co [C].uk _
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