D                     G      D
Who needs advice from cardinals?
D               G            D
Who votes for Governor-Generals?
Bm                   G         D
Who'll offer those fellas amnesty?
Bm                        G     D
Who's been touched by Her Majesty?

D               G    D
Of contradicted history
D            G      D
Confusion by formality
Bm                 G       D
Put into lists and categories
Bm            G      D
A marriage by authority


[Pre-Chorus]
             G
To the young eyes

Across the sea
                Bm
Who live and return to sanctuary


[Chorus]
D                G    D
Of defiant tales in stone
D           G        D
In a higher prayer alone
Bm               G          D
In the brightest chains of gold
Bm               G         D
In the furthest place from home


[Verse 2]
D                 G    D
Of victory in the high seas
D                      G   D
Of doing business with crazies
Bm               G       D
Of commentators, visionaries
Bm                   G     D
Say who wore what in the A-list

D                      G    D
Where there once was a slaughter
D                 G    D
Statues of great explorers
Bm                   G     D
A flag engraved in a gold plaque
Bm          G     D
One quarter Union Jack


[Pre-Chorus]
             G
To the young eyes

Across the sea
                Bm
Who live and return to sanctuary


[Chorus]
D                G    D
Of defiant tales in stone
D           G        D
In a higher prayer alone
Bm               G          D
In the brightest chains of gold
Bm               G         D
In the furthest place from home


[Bridge]
         Bm              A
Tales in stone, a prayer alone
    Em                  Bm
The brightest chains of gold
         A
A prayer alone
    Em                  G
The furthest place from home


[Interlude]
D G D x2
Bm G D x2


[Chorus]
D                G    D
Of defiant tales in stone
D           G        D
In a higher prayer alone
Bm               G          D
In the brightest chains of gold
Bm               G         D
In the furthest place from home