The Men They Couldnt Hang - The Colours Chords & Tabs

Verse 1
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I am a member of the council of the naval mutiny
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And no traitor to my conscience having done my sworn duty

Verse 2
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These are my last words before the scaffold and I charge you all to hear
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How a wretched British sailor Became a citizen mutineer

Verse 3
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Pressed into service to carry powder I was loyal to the crack of the whip
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If I starved on the streets of Bristol, I starved worse on a British ship

Chorus
           D                                       G
Red is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
             D                                        A       D      D  G  D
White is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy

Verse 4
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I was awoken from my misery by the words of Thomas Paine
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On my barren soil they fell like The sweetest drops of rain

Chorus
           D                                       G
Red is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
             D                                        A       D      D  G  D
White is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy
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BRIDGE
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So in the spring of the year we took the fleet every sail and cannon and compass sheet
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And we flew a Jacobean flag to give us heart
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While Pitt stood helpless we were waiting for Bonaparte

Chorus
           D                                       G
Red is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
             D                                        A       D      D  G  D
White is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy

Verse 5
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All you soldiers, all you sailors,  all you labourers of the land

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All you beggars, all you builders, you've come here to watch me hang

Verse 6
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And to the masters we are the rabble, we are the swinish multitude
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But we can re-arrange the colours of the red and the white and the blue

Chorus
           D                                       G
Red is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
             D                                        A       D      D  G  D
White is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy

Chorus
           D                                       G
Red is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
             D                                        A       D      D  G  D
White is the colour of my innocence, not surrender to your mercy