Chords for Terry Kelly - A Pittance of Time (Official Version)

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_ _ _ _ [Bm] Good morning, [Gm] shoppers.
At 11 o'clock on this 11th [D#] day of November, we'd like to invite [Dm] you to share with us two minutes [D#] of silence in honor of our veterans.
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_ They fought [D] and some [Bm] died [G] for their homeland.
[A] _ _ They fought and [Bm] some died, [G] now it's our [A] land.
_ Look at [G] his little [F#m] child, there's no fear in her [D] eyes.
[G] Could he not show respect for other [Em] dads who [A] have died?
Take [D] two minutes, would [F#m] you mind?
[G] It's a [A] pittance of time for [Bm] the boys [F#m] and the girls who [E] went _ [A] over.
_ In [D] peace may they [F#m] rest, may [G] we never _ [A] forget [G] why they [D] died.
_ _ _ [Em] _ It's a pittance [A] of time.
_ God [D]
forgive me for [Bm] wanting [G] to strike him.
[A] _ Give [D] me strength [Bm] so as not to be [G] like [A] him.
My [G] heart pounds in [D] my breast, fingers pressed [Bm] to my lips.
My throat [G] wants to fall [D] out, my [Em] tongue barely [A]
resists.
But [D] till minutes I [F#m] will bide.
[G] It's a pittance [A] of time [Bm] for the boys [F#m] and the girls who [E] went _ [A] over.
_ [D] In peace may [F#m] they rest, [G] may we never [A] forget why [G] they _ [D] died.
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_ It's a pittance [A] of time.
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_ Read [D] the letters [Bm] and poems [G] of the heroes [A] at home.
They [D] have casualties, [Bm] battles, [G] and fears [A] of their own.
There's [G] a price to be [F#m] paid if you [A] go, if you [Bm] stay.
[G] Freedom's fought for [D] and won in [Em] numerous [A] ways.
Take [D] two minutes, would [F#m] you mind?
[G] It's a pittance of [A] time [Bm] for the boys [F#m] and the girls [E] all _ [A] over.
May we [D] never _ _ [F#m] forget [G] our young [A] become vets [G] at the end of [D] the line.
_ [Em] _ _ It's a pittance of [A] time. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It [D] takes courage to [Bm] fight [G] in your own war.
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It takes [D] courage to [Bm] fight _ [G] someone _ [A] else's war.
[G] Our peacekeepers [F#m] _ tell of [A] their own living [Bm] hell.
They [G] bring hope to [F#m] foreign lands that hate [Em] mongers [A] can't kill.
Take [D] two minutes, would [F#m] you mind?
[G] It's a _ [A] pittance of time for [Bm] the boys and the [F#m] girls who go _ [A] over.
_ [D] In peace time [F#m] our best [G] still gone [A] battle dress and [G] lay their lives [D] on the line.
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It's a pittance [A] of time. _
In _ _ _ [D] peace may they [F#m] rest, _ _ [G] lest we [A] forget _ [D] why [G] they died.
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ Take a _ [A] pittance of time. _ _ _ _
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