C
A flag washed up on English tide 
C                                         F
The little boy just smiled and sighed (oh never mind)
C
He lies under the summer sky 
                               F
It's raining now, I don't know why (oh never mind)


E                   F                      C
They're charged to tell England what went wrong 

C                                                           F
Mr. Porter waved goodbye as he rode off on his rusty bike (oh never mind)
C                                                                       F
The men from the papers they tell lies, they say we've been hung out to dry (oh never mind)

E                  F                  C
They're charged to tell England what went wrong


E                  F                           C
You just keep on talking; we'll sleep all day long