ENGLAND by ANGELIC UPSTARTS
CHORDS IN VERSE:
G C Dsus4 D
E---3----3------3-------2--|
B---3----3------3-------3--|
G---0----0------2-------2--|
D---0----2------0-------0--|
A---2----3-----------------|
E---3----------------------|
INTRO: G C Dsus4 / G Dsus4 D
G C Dsus4
The red in the flag is the blood that was spilt
in the way that your forefathers tell
And never a country been so great
G Dsus4 D
The stories Britannia could tell
G C Dsus4
I never want to live my life
away from the golden shores
Theres never a country in the world
G Dsus4 D
with the scent of an English rose
ENTER BASS LEAD (same guitar chords):
A------2-3-5---5-7-5-3----3-5-3-2----2-3-2-0------
E----3--------------------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/angelic_upstarts/england_crd_ver_2.html ]
ALL IN:
G C Dsus4
England, oh England a country so great
the land of so fair and so true
Therell never be any colours like
G Dsus4 D
the red, the white and the blue
G C Dsus4
Whenever you go to the far-off shores
theres something that goes with you
The pride and the joy and the love
G Dsus4 D
that comes from your mother of red, white and blue
GUITAR SOLO:
E-------7-8-10----10-12-10-8----8-10-8-7------7-8-7-5----
B-----8--------------------------------------------------
repeated x2
BREAK:
A C# D A C# D
You could never be born under a flag thats like the one of the Union Jack
A C# D E
St. Georges spirit has never died It all keeps coming back
G C Dsus4
England, oh England a country so great
the land of so fair and so true
Therell never be any colours like
G Dsus4 D
the red, the white and the blue
REPEAT TO FADE