Albion Guitar Tab

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INTRO
C     F     Dm     C     G

Riff between chords

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C
DOWN IN ALBION
F
????? BLACK AND BLUE
C                 G
BUT WE DON'T ABOUT THAT
C
ARE YOU FROM ROUND HERE?
F
HOW DO YOU DO?
C                 G
I'D LIKE TO ABOUT THAT
G
TALK OVER
C
GIN IN TEA CUPS AND 
F
LEAVES ON THE LAWN
C
VIOLENCE AT BUS STOPS
       G
AND THE PALE THIN GIRL WITH EYES FORLORN AAH
C
GIN IN TEA CUPS AND 
F
LEAVES ON THE LAWN
C
VIOLENCE IN DOLE QUEUES
       G
AND THE PALE THIN GIRL BEHIND THE CHECKOUT
              F
BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CHEAP SORT
C                 G
GLINT WITH PERSPIRATION
         F
THERE'S A FOUR MILE QUEUE OUTSIDE THE
C             G
DISUSED POWER STATION
   F          C
NOW COME AWAY, WON'T YOU COME AWAY
            G
WE'LL GO TO DEPTFORD, DIGBY, TUEBROOK, ANYWHERE
          
IN ALBION

INTRO

C
YELLOWING CLASSICS AND
F
CANONS AT DAWN
C
COFFEE WALLOWS AND PITH HELMETS
    G
AND OH AN ENGLISH SUN 2X

             F
BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A CHEAP SORT
          C           G
THAT'S IN FALSE ANTICIPATION
        F
I'LL BE WAITING IN THE PHOTO BOOTH
       C       G
AT THE RAILWAY STATION

F             C
AH COME AWAY, WON'T YOU COME AWAY
           G
WE'LL GO TO WATFORD, LONDON FIELDS, ANYWHERE IN ALBION

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CHORUS

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Tim Professional	#1 by Tim Marchant at Aug 2, 1970 at 8:15 AM EST
	To point out the obvious, Albion is an ancient name for Great Britain. S'pose it's a bit like an alternative national anthem.

No Picture Da 1 n onli Mat Average	#2 by Da 1 n onli Matt! goncalves at Dec 20, 1970 at 2:46 AM EST
	This was pete's first ever song, it was originally a poem.

No Picture a Average	#3 by a a at Aug 2, 1974 at 6:39 PM EST
	It's a libertines song, written whilst pete was still in the libertines. it was sung when they had that reunion after pete came out of prison, and again at the reunion at the hackney empire.

No Picture JustiN Professional	#4 by JustiN at Sep 13, 1976 at 2:42 AM EST
	I love it on the album dvd when Pete starts saying all different places like shepards bush and basingstoke very nice meaningful song x.x.x

No Picture KISS is the gre Average	#5 by KISS is the greatest at May 29, 1977 at 6:53 AM EST
	i love this song as i love all libertines songs dearly lol an alternative national anthem hmm nicely put

No Picture alex Lead Player	#6 by alex beaulieu at Sep 9, 1977 at 2:39 AM EST
	This is the only song ever made in the history of mankind that genuinely makes me proud to be British. Gets me every time. Long live the Libertines and may the Good Ship Albion sail on to Arcadia for ever more!!! God bless you all x

No Picture Justin - MrBlit Rhythm Player	#7 by Justin - MrBlitz - Maletta at Oct 12, 1977 at 10:52 PM EST
	This song is about a book, where in which the protagonist lives a life of a solitary man, where he doesn't ever have to face the music, eg. no consequences for his actions, no people being nosy. In effect, it is about the life Pete Doherty would love to live.

No Picture Flash Average	#8 by Flash Jaxon at Dec 22, 1978 at 7:47 AM EST
	i love this!!!!!!!!!

No Picture Mike Average	#9 by Mike Dawgg at Feb 19, 1979 at 3:51 PM EST
	this is such a effing brilliant fantastic wonderful song. i just love it yet its so sad - Albion was the ship that pete and carl were sailing on to Arcadia...

No Picture ♥brian Lead Player	#10 by ♥brian♥ ******** at Apr 22, 1980 at 1:56 AM EST
	I hate when people call this a Babyshambles song

No Picture Sam Wanna Be	#11 by Sam Payne at Jun 23, 1985 at 12:25 AM EST
	Lyrics are rather good. Personally i prefer the demos of this song to what was recorded for babyshambles.

No Picture tom Average	#12 by tom jenkins at Jun 7, 1987 at 4:26 AM EST
	why are my lyrics different to these? i have the babyshambles album, what version is this?

No Picture Aleksandar Average	#13 by Aleksandar Radošević at Apr 27, 1991 at 7:23 PM EST
	...this song isnt byt the libertines. its by petes new band babyshambles who are fucking great saw them live in hammersmith...brill. yeah this isnt by the libertines people! magical song- showing the dark sides of britain (violence at bustops, pale thin girl with eyes forlorn [prostitute]) but at the same time making it seem sooo beautiful...which it isnt,

No Picture Tyler Average	#14 by Tyler Hutchison at Apr 14, 1995 at 4:16 PM EST
	it makes me cry, i love it. pete is a genious

No Picture Alyssa Professional	#15 by Alyssa at Dec 2, 1995 at 12:03 AM EST
	This is why I want to move to the UK some time in the distant future. "talk over gin in teacups and leaves on the lawn" The most beautiful lyrics are the simplest ones. They say so little, yet they say everything.

No Picture joel Average	#16 by joel christman at May 8, 2002 at 2:35 PM EST
	Correcting the blindingly obvious-- - Albion isn't Latin for anything. It's admittedly classically used, but it was apparently the British people's own name for the island. - It wasn't written while Pete was in the Libertines, but beforehand. As it's only been recorded with Babyshambles, then they have a better claim to it than the Libs - but ultimately it's a Peter Doherty song. Anyway, I think it's a pleasant contrast between idealism and reality in Britain. There's a certain affection to it. Personally I think it's about a longing for home more than anything.

No Picture nick Wanna Be	#17 by nick at Feb 23, 2004 at 5:25 PM EST
	The Libs recorded and performed it loads, but never released it, unless you count the parts of it included on the second album DVD. But it doesn't really matter, I just prefer the Libs and solo versions.

No Picture Tony Average	#18 by Tony Riemer at Feb 25, 2004 at 7:29 AM EST
	Noli, are you the girl that was at the Blissfields Festival by any chance?!

No Picture Ziggy Professional	#19 by Ziggy at Nov 14, 2004 at 5:53 PM EST
	albion is latin for england.pete had a room in his flat called thr albion rooms.you could do whatever you wanted in these rooms, there were no rules.

No Picture Austin Average	#20 by Austin Schrauben at Jun 18, 2005 at 3:24 AM EST
	Albion is latin for Britain and the Albion rooms were these resrictionless rooms in Pete and Carls flat (as was previously said...) Um, also, basicly, I think this song is the romantic, arcadian ideal that Pete dreams of. A combination of old-fashioned Britain: "yellowing classics and, canons at dawn, coffee wallows and pith helmets, and oh an English sun"...... and a slightly more tainted and sordid side: "violence in dole queues" "a pale thin girl".... Then also, just subtly british things, like 'reebok classics' and 'underground stations'. Things that Pete has managed to identify in everybodys minds.... Basicly, I think it captures a romantic ideal. And it is a beautiful song, I based my art gcse exam on it :)