C#m 
slowly down 
F#m      B 
down the river 
E 
the one you sold me down 
Ab 
where all my timbers shiver 

C#m 
you hold them down 
F#m            B 
and as they're flailing 
B 
yeah as they drown 
you say 
Ab 
"oh look they're waving" 


A  C#m        
oh Britannia  
Ab 
somehow she was saved 
A  C#m                      
(Britannia)  
Ab 
raped by all the slaves 
Ab 
raped all the slaves 


C#m 
sorry Dad 
F#m       B      E 
for every single good time that I had 
Ab 
they made it look so bad 

C#m 
sorry mum 
F#m         B           E 
for all the good things that I done 
Ab 
gave you hope when there was none.. 


A         C#m           
schools - how can you?  
Ab 
teach that we were saved 
A      C#m 
fools, Britannia  
Ab 
tell me I can live 
Ab 
ammonia and sieve 
my baby's coming with me.. 


C#m 
for the outing 
A               Ab   
from the prison of my mind 
C#m        A 
no 3 score and 10 wreck 
Ab 
i wont be blind/ly led 
this lion by a donkey 


C#m 
Down for the outing 
A               Ab 
from the prison of your mind 
C#m          A 
where pretty ribbons 
Ab                     
a wild beast cannot bind 
C#m        A           Ab 
and pretty rhythms can ease a troubled mind 
Ab 
ease a troubled mind 
Ab 
lick it til it shines 
Ab 
many troubled minds  
round here