Take Down the Union Jack (Millennium Song)
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.
Take down the Union Jack
It clashes with the sunset
And put it in the attic
With the Emperors old clothes
When did it fall apart ?
Sometime in the 80s
When the good and the great
Gave way to the greedy and the mean
Britain isnt cool you know
And its really not that great
Its not a proper country
It doesnt even have a patron saint
Its just an economic union
Thats past its sell-by date
Take down the Union Jack
It clashes with the sunset
And ask our Scottish neighbours
If independence looks any good
Cos they just might understand
How to take an abstract notion
Of personal identity
And turn it into nationhood
Is this the 19th Century
That Im watching on TV ?
The dear old Queen of England
Handing out those MBEs
Member of the British Empire
That doesn’t sound too good to me
Gilbert and George
Are taking the piss arent they ?
Gilbert and George are taking the piss
What could be more British than
Heres a picture of me bum
Gilbert and George are taking the piss
Take down the Union Jack
It clashes with the sunset
And pile up all those history books
But dont throw them away
Cos they just might have a clue
About what it really means
To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon
In England-dot-Co-dot-UK
To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon
In England-dot-Co-dot-UK