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