FIRST REPUBLIC
Transcribed by Fung Mak fmak@globalnet.co.uk
 
Chords used:
A5: X022XX
D5: X577XX
G: 320033 
C#5: X466XX
F#5: 244XXX
 
Riff 1
e||-----------------------------|
B||---2----2---2/3\2------------|
G||------2---2-------4-------2--|
D||--------------------2-2h4----|
A||-0---------------------------|
E||-----------------------------|
 
Riff 2
   A5
       PM-----|
e||--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|
G||-2--2-2-2-2--2--2--2--2-2-|
D||-2--2-2-2-2--2--2--2--2-2-|
A||-0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0-0-|
E||--------------------------|
 
Riff 3
   D5
       PM-----|
e||--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|
G||-7--7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7-7-|
D||-7--7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7-7-|
A||-5--5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5-|
E||--------------------------|
 
Riff 2
e||-------------------------------------|
B||-9b10r9--7---------------------------|
G||------------9---7-7-----7--9-------7-|
D||--------------------9---------7-7h9--|
A||-------------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------|
 
[INTRO]
Riff 1 x2
 
[VERSE 1]
Riff 2
You are so alone in
Riff 3
Kensington Palace
Riff 2
We should be content in
G		D
These damned terraces
Riff 1
Thank you for this view from
Riff 1
our council estates
Riff 1
I hope you have really
G		      D		(Riff 2)
Guillotined your own head 
 
[CHORUS]
A5		C#5
I crown myself, myself a king,
F#5		D5
And declare a first republic,
A5		C#5
We wanna play, yes we wanna play,
F#5		D5		(Riff 2 x2)
In the burnt out, palace ruins 
 
Riff 1 x2
 
[VERSE 2] (same as verse 1)
You once gave us war
racism and slavery
cut out all our tongues
and fucked our industry
Now you've revealed something
You're human after all this
But let's clap our hands
And fuck our dear princess 
 
REPEAT CHORUS x2
 
[MID-SECTION]
 
REPEAT CHORUS
 
[OUTRO]
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B||-8---------------|
G||-9---10--9--7----|
D||-9------------10-|
A||-7---------------|
E||-----------------|