Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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So you've tied your colours to the mast

Held up the white bag with the highest flag

Lock the bathroom door, boy, have a blast

Use the flush to justify the aftermath (The aftermath)

Oh and look now you're the guest of the government

Oh caught out peering over the parapet

Look now you're the guest of the government

So you've tied your colours to the tree

Try and bat back questions with certainty

Don't forget your name though that's key

Let the flock take stock and curb the misery (The misery)

Oh and look now you're the guest of the government

Oh caught out peering over the parapet

Look now you're the guest of the government

Oh and look now you're the guest of the government

Oh lined up like a pale faced president

Look now you're the guest of the government

 Look it's the eager barflies and the fashionably late

 The tug between those who come to drink and those to create

 By the end of the night it's all been granted the old news shrug

 And we all fall gently in a comfortable hug

 And with both eyes on the watch and a trip to the Baltic state

 And the love slowly conquers like rust on a gate

 Though the surface can scratch you and the colour can fade

 It's the feeling that starts in the tips of your toes as we rise up again

Oh and look now you're the guest of the government

Oh caught out peering over the parapet

Look now you're the guest of the government

Oh and look now you're the guest of the government

Oh lined up like a pale faced president

Look now you're the guest of the government