[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse]
G
Sun went down,
C
Drinking at the dreadnought,
C G
Nothing turned out quite the way you thought it would,
G
Knuckles red and crusty,
C
All the pictures gather dust,
C
He doesn’t write, he doesn’t care,
[Instrumental]
G C
[Verse]
G
There’s this sense of niggling doubt,
C
Everything you care about,
G
Is just some elaborate joke at your expense,
G
The pride you feel is broken,
C
The land you say you love was choked,
C
By your embrace.
[Chorus]
Em C
Cupid’s Bow, Neck Tattoo,
C G
“England belongs to you”
B Em
But what the fuck is England anyway oh yeah,
C
But empty words and empty gestures,
G Em C
That loyalty, it festers, it festers, it festers.
[Instrumental]
G C
[Verse]
G
Words still ringing in your ears
C
“It never did me any harm”,
G
Ditched PE to hide the bruises on your arm,
G
Not so skinny anymore,
C
Wish he’d turn up at the door,
C
Like the social worker did.
[Chorus]
Em C
Widow’s Peak, Neck Tattoo
G
England belongs to you,
B Em
And all who show their pride in seven shades oh yeah,
C
Empty words and empty gestures,
G Em C
That loyalty, it festers, it festers, it festers.
D C
This is not what you were promised,
D C
This is not what you were promised,
G
Jerusalem.
[Instrumental]
G C Em C
[Bridge]
G C
Is something sacred here among,
Em
These dark satanic retail parks?
C
Are we accountable to none,
G
While our adventures leave their mark,
C
Did holy feet in ancient times,
Em
Endow a glory in this soil,
C
Capricious markings on a map,
G
Fickle, selfish, violent, spoiled,
G C Em
Jerusalem, blood and vomit on the concrete.
Em C G
Jerusalem, blood and vomit on the concrete.
[Outro]
G C Em C (x2)
G