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[Verse 1]
BbC
The great British mistake was looking for a way out,
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Was getting complacent, not noticing the pulse was racing.
BbCD
The mistake was fighting the change, was staying the same.
[Verse 2]
BbC
It couldn't adapt so it couldn't survive.,
F
Something had to give.
BbBb
The people take a downhill slide into the gloom.
CD
Into the dark recesses of their minds.
[Interlude]
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I swoop over your city like a bird.
Bm
I climb the high branches and observe.
Am
Into the mouth, into the soul.
Bm
I cast a shadow that swallows you whole.
AmBm
I swoop, I climb,
Am
I cling,
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I suck, I swallow you whole.
[Verse 3]
FBbC
String out the drip-feed, they're losing their world,
FBb
They're losing their hard boys and magazine girls.
BbCD
Advert illegal, T.V. as outlaw, motive as spell.
[Verse 4]
BbC
They'll see the books burn. They'll be 4-5-1.
FBb
It's people against things and not against each other.
BbCD
Out of the pre-pack, into the fear, into themselves.
[Verse 5]
Bb
They're the great British mistake.
CF
The genie's out of the bottle, call in the magician.
Bb
They didn't mean to free him, devil behind them,
BbCD
devil in the mirror, chained to their right hands.
[Verse 6]
Bb
They're the great British mistake.
CF
They'll have to come to terms now, they'll take it out somehow.
Bb
They'll blame it all on something.
BbC
The British mistake - when will it be over?
D
How can they avoid it, avoid it, avoid it?
[Outro]
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The great British mistake
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The great British mistake
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The great British mistake
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The great British mistake
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(repeat to fade with guitar lead)