England's green and pleasant land chords by Richard Digance
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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So you're the man
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who gave us rhyme and reason
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Brought reason to the
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turning of the earth
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You turned your back and said,
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get on, let's go again
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You said, him,
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I can show you what
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And you can point accusing fingers
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But everybody knows it's you
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It's time to wave your white
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flag of surrender
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Britannia, sweet red,
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white and blue
They say
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Jerusalem will reappear tomorrow
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On
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England's green and pleasant land
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But what's the matter
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with the yielders and
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our builders?
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There's subsidence on
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the land on which we stand
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And you can point accusing fingers
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Take a bow and show your pride
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But our actions mean noth
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ing to be proud of
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Good
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Britannia,
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you're on the losing side
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Oh, we are men opposing
Mother
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Nature
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The men who crucify the flowers
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And when we sit back in our
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realms of admiration
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We can test the high perform
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ance of the powers
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We've seen the rise and fall of empires
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But now the anthem's out of time
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It's time to wave your white
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flag of surrender
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Unless the men who point their fin
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gers change their mind
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England's green and
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pleasant land is sinking
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And there ain't nothing green and
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pleasant two miles down
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So forget your dreams of
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understanding
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You're
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Britannia's losing ground
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