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
