[Intro]
C G C G
[Chorus]
C G C G
England green and England grey Look out on a summers day
Am F
To all things bright and fair - and gay
C G C G C G
To my home my love my England
[Verse]
C F G C F G
I believe in dignity rich or poor we’re all born free
Am F C G
Austerity and slavery I thought they were behind us
C F G C F G
I don’t believe the BBC anarchy or monarchy
Am F C G C
Or an empire built on piracy by our history you’ll find us
[Chorus]
C G C G
England green and England grey Look out on a summers day
Am F
To all things bright and fair - and gay
C G C G C G
To my home my love my England
[Verse]
C F G C F G
For years our women had no say no right to work or equal pay
Am F C G
God help the crippled and the gay the fragile flowers of England
C F G C F G
Shut the factories shut the mines punish those fell on hard times
Am F C G C
While they honour them who do the crimes the greedy men of England
[Chorus]
C G C G
England green and England grey Look out on a summers day
Am F
To all things bright and fair - and gay
C G C G C G
To my home my love my England
[Verse]
C F G C F G
How can a man respect a man who sells his house and steals his land
Am F C G
And takes the wages from his hand to pay his own expenses
C F G C F G
The NHS our England’s jewel is bartered by Westminster’s fool
Am F C G C
To justify his public school and military defences
[Chorus]
C G C G
England green and England grey Look out on a summers day
Am F
To all things bright and fair - and gay
C G C G C G
To my home my love my England
[Verse]
C F G C F G
Sing the songs of old John Bull Cecil Sharp and John and Paul
Am F C G
Come English folk come one and all to the sweet songs of our England
C F G C F G
Take my hand and walk with me down the back roads to the sea
Am F C G C
In spite of all we’ll both agree there is none so sweet as England
[Chorus]
C G C G
England green and England grey Look out on a summers day
Am F
To all things bright and fair - and gay
C G C
To my home my love my England
[Chorus]
C G C G
England green and England grey Look out on a summers day
Am F
To all things bright and fair - and gay
C G C
To my home my love my England