Advance chords by Nicholas Allbrook

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

Em           F#m           G
The butcher, the barber, the undertaker
D        D/Db       C      C/B
Our land is girt by sea
Am           F#m            G
The looker, the quaker, the cocktail shaker
D        D/Db       C      C/B    A
Something young and free

Verse 2:

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


Verse 3:

  Em          F#m         G
The doctor, the nun, the bigger the gun
D      D/Db       C    C/B
All in history's page
 Am                F#m           G
The title weighs a ton, for the boats on the run
D        D/Db       C      C/B    A
And for the average wage

A

Chorus 1:

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

Bridge:

Em F# G
D D/Db C C/B
Am F# G
D D/Db C C/B

Verse 4:

   Em           F#          G
The sailor, the whaler, the Norman Mailer
D      D/Db       C    C/B
Don't belong in town
    Am           F#              G
Your mother, you failed her, you tail regaler,
D      D/Db       C    C/B   A
Let the bastards drown

A

Chorus 2:

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

Outro:

D        G        Bm
Advance, advance, advance
D         G          Bm
Advance, I'll dance, advance
D         G          Bm
Advance, I'll dance, advance
D        G        B
Advance, advance, advance
G