Albion
 
C
down in Albion
F
they’re black and blue
C                       G
but we don’t talk about that
C
are you from round here?
F
how do you do
C                      G
I’d like to talk about that

G
talk over
C
gin in teacups and
F
leaves on the lawn
C
violence in bus stops
    G
and pale thin girl with eyes forlorn


C
gin in teacups and
F
leaves on the lawn
C
violence in dole queue
    G
and pale thin girl behind the checkout


F
but if you're looking for a cheap sort
C         G
glint with perspiration 
F                               C           G
there’s a four-mile queue outside the disused power station
F           C
now come away, wont you come away
G (HOLD FOR AGES)
we’ll go to Deptford, Digby, ???, anywhere

in Albion

Bridge/solo
C, F, C, G, C, F, C, G

C
yellowing classics and
F
canons at dawn
C
???????? and pith helmets 
G
and oh an English sun


F
but if you're looking for a cheap sort
         C        G
that’s in false anticipation
F                                   C       G
it’ll be waiting in the photo booth at the railway station
F          C
ah come away, wont you come away
         G
we’ll go to Watford, London fields, anywhere
F
but if you're looking for a cheap sort
         C        G
that’s in false anticipation
F                                   C           G
it’ll be waiting in the photo booth at the underground station
F          C
ah come away, wont you come away
         G
we’ll go to Watford, London fields, anywhere
 
end with verse pattern
 
*Sailing on the Albion down the tees