Chords for Katy Carr sings Czerwone Maki na Monte Cassino at Monte Cassino

Here I am at the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino
and I'm going to sing you a very special Polish song that was written
on the eve of the [G] battle, 17th and [Bb] 18th of May 1944
[Ab] and it's called Czerwony Maki na Monte [D] Cassino or Red Poppies on Monte Cassino.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The Red Poppies were marching,
with their [A] heavy arms behind their necks,
and they went mad for food,
and they went killing for sleep,
and they went as [Dbm] always,
as _ [Ab] always,
as always,
for [E] honour to _ be.
The Red [Am] Poppies [E] on Monte [Am] _ Cassino
instead of Russia,
drank Polish [Dm] blood.
_ _ After these poppies,
the [Am] soldier Zigina was going,
[Dm] but from death,
[E] the anger [Am] was stronger.
_ The [E] years will come,
and the [Am] great flood,
_ and the traces of [Dm] the old days will remain.
And only the poppies on [Am] Monte Cassino
will [E] be red,
because the blood from [Am] Poland will grow. _ _
The [A] Red Poppies were marching,
through the fire of the Red _ Sessions,
and one of them was [C] shot.
[E] _ _ [Bm]
Like these crazy Samouzians, _ _
[Am] they were [A] shot by the enemy. _ _ _ _
The Red Poppies,
with their crazy momentum, _
came to [Bm] the Jewish land, _ _
and they covered their _ [Am] white flag
[A] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ with [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ their blood.
The Red Poppies on Monte [Am] _ Cassino
will [E] be red,
because the blood from Poland will [Am] grow.
_ _ [A] Do you see the row of white crosses?
It's a Pole with a broom [E] in his hand. _ _
The further forward, [Bm] the higher,
the more you will find them.
[A] _ _ _ This land belongs to Poland,
_ _ although Poland is far [Bm] _ away,
because freedom is [A] _ _ measured by crosses.
_ [Ab] Many [E] people have a history of mistakes.
The Red [Am] Poppies on [Am] Monte Cassino
_ will be red,
because the blood _ [Dm] _ _ from Poland will grow.
The soldier was shot by these poppies,
_ [Am] _ _ but from death,
[E] the anger was stronger.
[Am] _ _ Years will pass,
[E] and great [Am] things will pass,
because the traces of the old [Dm] days will remain.
_ The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino
will [E] be red,
because the blood from Poland [Am] will grow.
_ _ _ [Am] The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino
will [Bm] be red,
[E] because the blood [Am] from Poland will grow.
_ Very, _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ very, very honored to be able to sing this song.
And have a great honor to be here today.
Thank you so much. _ _ _ _ _