Chords for A SONG OF PATRIOTIC PREJUDICE (Flanders&Swann) by the King's Singers (1977)
Tempo:
126 bpm
Chords used:
B
F
C
G
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The
[G] English, the English, the English [C] are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest
The rottenest bits of these islands of ours We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
[Em] Examine the [B] Irishman, Welshman or Scot [Cm] You'll find he's a stinker as likely as [F] not
The Scotsman is mean as we're all well aware And bonny and blotchy and coloured with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day And he hasn't got [Gb] bishops to show him the way
[G] The English, the English, the English are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the [F] rest
[Bb]
[F] [Bb] The Irishman now our contempt is beneath He sleeps in his boots and he lies in his teeth
[C] He blows up [A] his neighbours, [N] oh so I have heard And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third
The English are noble, the English are nice And worth any other at double the price
The Welshman's dishonest, he cheats when he can A little and dark, more likey than man
He works undergrind with a lamp in his hat And sings far too loud, far too often, and flat
The [Db] land and crossing the Channel one cannot say much For the French or the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans [B] are German, the Russians are red [E] And the Greeks and [Gb] Italians eat garlic in bed
[F] The [B] English are moral, the English are good [C] And clever and modest and misunderstood
[Dm] And all the world over each nation's the same They simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won And practice beforehand, which ruins the fun
[N] The English, the English, the English are best So up with the English and down with the rest
It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad
For the [Ab] English are all that a nation should [Eb] be And the flower of the English is [E] legions
And trees, and spires, and flounders and swans [B] And me
[G] English, the English, the English [C] are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest
The rottenest bits of these islands of ours We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
[Em] Examine the [B] Irishman, Welshman or Scot [Cm] You'll find he's a stinker as likely as [F] not
The Scotsman is mean as we're all well aware And bonny and blotchy and coloured with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day And he hasn't got [Gb] bishops to show him the way
[G] The English, the English, the English are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the [F] rest
[Bb]
[F] [Bb] The Irishman now our contempt is beneath He sleeps in his boots and he lies in his teeth
[C] He blows up [A] his neighbours, [N] oh so I have heard And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third
The English are noble, the English are nice And worth any other at double the price
The Welshman's dishonest, he cheats when he can A little and dark, more likey than man
He works undergrind with a lamp in his hat And sings far too loud, far too often, and flat
The [Db] land and crossing the Channel one cannot say much For the French or the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans [B] are German, the Russians are red [E] And the Greeks and [Gb] Italians eat garlic in bed
[F] The [B] English are moral, the English are good [C] And clever and modest and misunderstood
[Dm] And all the world over each nation's the same They simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won And practice beforehand, which ruins the fun
[N] The English, the English, the English are best So up with the English and down with the rest
It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad
For the [Ab] English are all that a nation should [Eb] be And the flower of the English is [E] legions
And trees, and spires, and flounders and swans [B] And me
Key:
B
F
C
G
Gb
B
F
C
_ _ _ _ _ The _
_ [G] English, the English, the English [C] are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest _ _ _ _
_ The rottenest bits of these islands of ours We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
[Em] Examine the [B] Irishman, Welshman or Scot [Cm] You'll find he's a stinker as likely as [F] not
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Scotsman is mean as we're all well aware And bonny and blotchy and coloured with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day And he hasn't got [Gb] bishops to show him the way
[G] The English, the English, the English are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the [F] rest
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] The Irishman now our contempt is beneath He sleeps in his boots and he lies in his teeth
[C] He blows up [A] his neighbours, [N] oh so I have heard And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third
The English are noble, the English are nice And worth any other at double the price _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The Welshman's dishonest, he cheats when he can A little and dark, more likey than man
He works undergrind with a lamp in his hat And sings far too loud, far too often, and _ flat
_ _ _ The [Db] land and crossing the Channel one cannot say much For the French or the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans [B] are German, the Russians are red [E] And the Greeks and [Gb] Italians eat garlic in bed
[F] The _ [B] English are moral, the English are good [C] And clever and modest and misunderstood _
[Dm] And all the world over each nation's the same They simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won And practice beforehand, which ruins the fun
_ [N] The English, the English, the English are best So up with the English and down with the rest
It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad
_ For the [Ab] English are all that a nation should [Eb] be And the flower of the English is [E] legions
And trees, and spires, and flounders and swans _ [B] And me _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] English, the English, the English [C] are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest _ _ _ _
_ The rottenest bits of these islands of ours We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
[Em] Examine the [B] Irishman, Welshman or Scot [Cm] You'll find he's a stinker as likely as [F] not
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Scotsman is mean as we're all well aware And bonny and blotchy and coloured with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day And he hasn't got [Gb] bishops to show him the way
[G] The English, the English, the English are best I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the [F] rest
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] The Irishman now our contempt is beneath He sleeps in his boots and he lies in his teeth
[C] He blows up [A] his neighbours, [N] oh so I have heard And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third
The English are noble, the English are nice And worth any other at double the price _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The Welshman's dishonest, he cheats when he can A little and dark, more likey than man
He works undergrind with a lamp in his hat And sings far too loud, far too often, and _ flat
_ _ _ The [Db] land and crossing the Channel one cannot say much For the French or the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans [B] are German, the Russians are red [E] And the Greeks and [Gb] Italians eat garlic in bed
[F] The _ [B] English are moral, the English are good [C] And clever and modest and misunderstood _
[Dm] And all the world over each nation's the same They simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won And practice beforehand, which ruins the fun
_ [N] The English, the English, the English are best So up with the English and down with the rest
It's not that they're wicked or naturally bad It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad
_ For the [Ab] English are all that a nation should [Eb] be And the flower of the English is [E] legions
And trees, and spires, and flounders and swans _ [B] And me _ _ _ _ _ _