The Colours chords by The Men They Couldnt Hang

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1
    D MajorD       G+G       A augmentedA    D MajorD
I am a member of the council of the naval mutiny
    D MajorD       G+G         D MajorD    A augmentedA   D MajorD
And no traitor to my conscience having done my sworn duty

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

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

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

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

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

BRIDGE
     D MajorD                     D MajorD
So in the spring of the year we took the fleet every sail and cannon and compass sheet
    G+G                A augmentedA
And we flew a Jacobean flag to give us heart
   D MajorD     B minorBm        G+G      A augmentedA  D MajorD
While Pitt stood helpless we were waiting for Bonaparte

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

Verse 5
    D MajorD         G+G         A augmentedA        D MajorD
All you soldiers, all you sailors, all you labourers of the land

    D MajorD        G+G        D MajorD      A augmentedA    D MajorD
All you beggars, all you builders, you've come here to watch me hang

Verse 6
      D MajorD         G+G         A augmentedA      D MajorD
And to the masters we are the rabble, we are the swinish multitude
      D MajorD       G+G       D MajorD      A augmentedA       D MajorD
But we can re-arrange the colours of the red and the white and the blue

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

Chorus
      D MajorD                    G+G
Red is the colour of the new republic, blue is the colour of the sea
       D MajorD                    A augmentedA    D MajorD   D MajorD G+G D MajorD