Advance chords by Nicholas Allbrook

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

E minorEm      F# minorF#m      G+G
The butcher, the barber, the undertaker
D MajorD    D/Db    C majorC   C/BC/B
Our land is girt by sea
A minorAm      F# minorF#m      G+G
The looker, the quaker, the cocktail shaker
D MajorD    D/Db    C majorC   C/BC/B  A augmentedA
Something young and free

Verse 2:

     D MajorD      F#F#      B minorBm
And for the miner, refiner, the web designer
G+G        A augmentedA
Dance on golden soil
  D MajorD       F#F#       G+G      C majorC
For the blessed, the bleached, the petted, the preached,
D MajorD          G+G   B minorBm
Wealth and something toil
D MajorD    G+G     B minorBm
Advance, advance, advance.

Verse 3:

 E minorEm     F# minorF#m     G+G
The doctor, the nun, the bigger the gun
D MajorD   D/Db    C majorC  C/BC/B
All in history's page
 A minorAm        F# minorF#m      G+G
The title weighs a ton, for the boats on the run
D MajorD    D/Db    C majorC   C/BC/B  A augmentedA
And for the average wage

A augmentedA

Chorus 1:

     D MajorD         F#F#     B minorBm
You hear the planes not the birds, The tune not the words
  G+G           A augmentedA
You said it, I said I don't care
D MajorD      F#F#   G+G      C majorC
I'll sing for you, I'll dance it too
D MajorD    G+G    B minorBm
Advance, advance, advance

Bridge:

E minorEm F#F# G+G
D MajorD D/Db C majorC C/BC/B
A minorAm F#F# G+G
D MajorD D/Db C majorC C/BC/B

Verse 4:

  E minorEm      F#F#     G+G
The sailor, the whaler, the Norman Mailer
D MajorD   D/Db    C majorC  C/BC/B
Don't belong in town
  A minorAm      F#F#       G+G
Your mother, you failed her, you tail regaler,
D MajorD   D/Db    C majorC  C/BC/B  A augmentedA
Let the bastards drown

A augmentedA

Chorus 2:

    D MajorD        F#F#    B minorBm
Only the President, the Queen, burn the greens
G+G           A augmentedA
Burn them till they are brown
D MajorD      F#F#   G+G     C majorC
A augmentedA lightning bolt, a pillar of salt
D MajorD        G+G   B minorBm
Sinks without a sound

Outro:

D MajorD    G+G    B minorBm
Advance, advance, advance
D MajorD     G+G     B minorBm
Advance, I'll dance, advance
D MajorD     G+G     B minorBm
Advance, I'll dance, advance
D MajorD    G+G    BB
Advance, advance, advance
G+G