Key: C major
Verse 1
C
Em
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G
C
G
It's déri
E
A
gueur to be au fait
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F
with all the foreign trends.
C
G
Am
The taste of snails with garlic sauce,
F#dim
B
G
it will amuse your friends.
F
A
In France they have the Eiffel Tower
E
Am
and lots more haute cuisine.
D
G
but still we've got a queen.
E
A
So it's be st to be British,
D
E
despite what you might think.
F#
B
E
we're al ways tickled pink.
Fdim
F#m
E
Laugh at others, surely not,
F#m
D
E
Cause it's best to be British,
A
Dm
hooray!
G
C
G
Now German engineering
Am
A
Dm
G
F
is the best that you can find.
C
Am
E
Am
With thicker rods and longer screws,
F#dim
B
G
their parts are well designed.
F
Am
A
It's only when they've come and gone
Bdim
E
Am
you realize how perverse.
F
F#dim
A
The automatic gear ing's broke,
D
G
and now you're in reverse
E
A
So it's be st to be British,
D
Bm
E
despite what you may think
A
F#
Belong to the board of United
B
E
Kingdom Inc.
F#m
E
Business is our lifeblood,
A
F#m
a trading nation we
D
E
A
Dm
So it's best to be British, hooray!
G
C
Am
I wish Italian men
A
G
F
would teach me all about ro mance
C
G
E
Am
Chianti meals and four -inch heels,
F
C
A
La dolce vita seems much sweeter,
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F
I don't need meals,
Ebdim
G
A
I don't need heels.
Faug
D
G
I like it in the buff.
E
A
So it's be st to be British,
B
E
despite what you may think.
A
C#m
Morally upright,
F#
B
E
without the slightest kink.
Fdim
F#m
E
Straight and narrow is the path,
G#m
F#m
and take that how you like.
D
E
A
Cause it's best to be British, hooray!
Em
A
you need the best pro
G
F
tection that you can get
E
Am
The sun is high, the heat intense,
D
G
you'll end up ringing wet
Some cream may help,
E
Am
but let's dispel a myth
F
Am
A
As long as I'm allowed a helmet,
E
A
So it's best to be British,
B
E
that we are the missing link
F#m
E
Once they see and hear us,
C#m
F#m
abroad they know our place
D
E
A
So it's be st to be British, hooray!
G
A
F
An igloo built of ice and snow
Am
E
Am
Yet people live with blubber meat,
A
E
Am
at least there's one thing left to do
F
Ebdim
Faug
A
D
I'm not sure if I'd oper ate at minus 22
G
E
A
So it's best to be British,
B
E
we don't abuse our drink
F#m
E
Piston plastered in our cups,
E
F#
it's not fizzy an d it's warm
A
C
we will still obey good form
Bm
E
We have class and so much breeding
Ebdim
D
We're so generous with our talents
C
Bm
E
Even though we don't discuss it,
C#m
F#
we've been doing it for years
Bm
E
So it's best to be British!
A
D
A
Hooray! you
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