Tonart: C major
Verse 1
G
Am
C
Am
E
I came to woo you at
C
Am
the hest of Uncle Leo, did my best
E
To charm and flatter, soothe,
lay thoughts of scheming,
C
G
sex and Prince to rest
Am
Just seventeen, you were emboldened,
C
E
turned away, plain orange boy
F
C
Am
And made for me a concert haven,
G
D
In your heart haven of joy.
Am
E
Now empire spills a growing plot,
F
C
Am
Across the endless leaves it spark.
E
The hands of men in iron ships,
F
C
G
Tote their binders by the spark.
Am
Generous and greed and promise,
F
C
E
Our emissaries make their trade.
F
C
Am
And pay with sovereign, queenly coin
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D
For goods and worldly fortunes made.
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E
We will win them and contain them,
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C
Am
not by infield pattern done,
E
No hard coercion, whip or stick,
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C
G
but ten good shillings to be won.
Am
F
C
See we offer con trasts clear in English plain,
F
C
Am
In small print some trifling matters,
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A
Bm
Not important, never fear.
C
D
Pax Botanica,
G
Pax Botanica,
Bm
A
roads of heaven an d the wave,
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D
G
D
Hands of spirit, will and riches
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Bm
D
keep us from an early grave.
E
F
C
Am
Sweet Victoria, Mother of England,
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G
Am
E
F
C
Gracious Queen whom God will save.
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E
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G
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E
F
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G
D
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We'll leave them gifts of architecture,
Am
C
Am
engineering, arts and more
E
The willow bat, the bowler hat
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G
of gentlemen who gave the score
Am
Head of code of moral conduct
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C
E
never an idiot should deceive
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C
Am
Straight the ball and best of all,
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Am
Bm
take our leave
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D
Pax Britannica,
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Bm
Pax Britannica,
A
world's a headland and the way
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D
G
Hands of spirit will enrich us,
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Bm
keep us from an early grave
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C
Am
My sweet Victoria, your dearest Harvard
G
To ledger lines above the
D
stave
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G
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Dm
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