Key: Eb major
Verse 1
C
F
C
F
B5
C
B5
Blinded by that Raleigh glare
C
in the staged halls of history,
F
B5
built upon rotting stumps
and phantom calls of freedom
C
B5
Dog- whistled through nostalgia to
C
F
guide and then to bend
B5
your eyes beyond the headstones and graves
of working men
Bb
And now you're pining for a glory that
Verse 2
C
B5
was never really there
Bb
Bb5
C
doing dog's work and dazzled
B5
by the con
Ab
Bb
Bb5
C
Slaughtered foot- soldiers in
B5
Ab
Bb
an artificial war
E5
B5
C5
C
lost to a death march
B5
C
C5
C
Verse 3
B5
C5
B5
Onward lap dogs stutter laced
with forlorn hope
C5
B5
Seduced by the rigours
of their meritocracy
See there's winners and there's losers
so work to be free
Verse 4
Bb
And now you're pining for a glory
Bb5
C
B5
that was never really there
Ab5
Bb
E5
C
doing dog's work an
B5
Ab
Bb
d dazzled by the con
Bb5
Slaughtered foot- soldiers
C
B5
in an artificial war
Ab
Bb
E5
B5
E5
B5
Db5
lost to a
E5
B5
Db5
Dbm
death march
E5
B5
E5
Every fibre stitched with
Verse 5
B5
scripted
fantasy
E5
B5
E5
B
B5
while the scaffold of integrity is stripped
E5
B5
beneath your feet
Db5
Verse 6
Db
C
C5
Dismembered and tormented,
Ab5
B5
paraded through the street
Bb5
C
A lifelong- sharpened knife dug
Ab5
B5
Bb5
C
in your own back
Ab5
Another story told on drunken talk
B5
Bb5
C
of valour
Ab
And all for what? Her Majesty's
B5
Fame
C
And all for what? Northcliffe's
B5
Db5
B5
gain
C
B5
G
Treasured displays
Ab5
B5
of untold sacrifice
C
B5
adorn the piercing quiet
Ab5
B5
C
of an emptying town
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