1916 Chords by Motörhead

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16 years old when [F] I went to the war To [Eb] fight for a land fit for [Bb] heroes
God _ on my side and [F] a gun in my hand [Eb] Chasing my days down [Bb] to zero
_ And I marched and I fought and [F] I bled and I died
And [Eb] I never did get [Bb] any older
_ But I knew at the time [F] that a year in the line
[Eb] Was a long enough ride for [Bb] a soldier
We _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ all volunteered and we [F] wrote down our names
And [Eb] we added two years to our [Bb] ages
_ _ Eager for life and [F] ahead of the game
[Eb] Ready for history's [Bb] pages
_ And we brawled and we fought and [F] we whored
Till we stood [Eb] ten thousand shoulder to [Bb] shoulder
_ _ A thirst for the hun, we [F] were food for the gun
[Eb] And that's what you are when [Bb] you're soldiers
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_ _ _ heard my friend cry and he [F] sank to his knees
Coughing [Eb] blood as he screamed for [Bb] his mother
_ And I fell by his side and [F] that's how we died
_ [Eb] Clinging like kids to [Bb] each other
_ And I lay in the mud and [F] the guts and the blood
[Eb] And I wept as his body grew [Bb] colder
_ And I called for my mother [F] and she never came
[Fm] Though [Ab] it wasn't my fault and [Eb] I wasn't to blame
The [Bb] day not half over and [F] ten thousand slain
[Ab] And now there's nobody _
[Eb] remembers our names
And that's how it [Bb] is
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