The Fureys- The Green Fields Of France Chords

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_ Well, how do you [Dm] do, _ [Bb] young Willie [C] _
McBride?
Do you mind if I sit here [Bb] down by your [F] gravesite
And rest [C]
[Dm] for a while, [Bb] neat a warm summer [C] sun?
I've been walking all day, _ [Bb] and I nearly [F] doff
I _ _ see by [Dm] your gravestone you [Bb] were only [Gm] nineteen _
[C] When you joined the Great Fallen [Bb] in _ [C] 1916 _
_ _ I [F] hope you [Dm] died well, [Gm] and I hope you died clean
Our [C] young Willie _ McBride, was [Bb] it slow [F] and obscene?
Did [C] he beat the drums slowly?
Did he [Bb]
play [F] the fife lowly?
Did they [C] sound the death march as they [Bb]
lowered [C] you down? _ _ _
[Bb] And did the band play the last post [F] and [C] chorus?
[Dm] _ _
[F] Did the pipes [Bb] play the flowers of [C] the fall?
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_ Did _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you leave [C] a [Dm] wife or [Bb] a sweetheart [C] behind?
_ [F] [C] And some faithful heart is [Bb] your memory _ [F] enshrined? _
Although you died [D] back [Bb] in _ _ [C] 1916
In that faithful heart are [Bb] you forever [F] nineteen? _ _
Or _ are you [Dm] a stranger [Bb] without even [Gm] a name?
_ [C] Enclosed and forever _ [Bb] behind a [F] glass [C] frame?
_ _ [F] In an old [Dm] photograph, _ [Bb] torn, battered and [Gm] stained
[C] And faded to yellow [Bb] in a brown leather [F] frame
[C] Did he beat the drums slowly?
[Bb] Did he play the [F] fife lowly?
Did [C] they sound the death march [Bb] as they lowered [C] you down? _ _
_ [Bb] Did the band play the last post [F] and [C] chorus?
[Dm] _
And [F] did the pipes play the [Bb] flowers [C] of the fall?
[F] _
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
sun [C] now it [Dm] shines on the [Bb] green fields of [C] France
[F] There's [C] a warm [F] summer [C] breeze, it makes [Bb] the red poppies [F] dance
And look how [C] the [D] sun shines [Bb] from under the [C] clouds
There's no gas, no bad wire, there's [Bb] no gun firing [F] now _
_ _ But here in [Dm] this graveyard [Bb] it's still no [Gm] man's land
[C] The countless white grasses [Bb] stand mute [F] in the [C] sand
_ To [F] man's blind [Dm] indifference, [Gm]
to his fellow man
To [C] all _ generations that [Bb] were butchered and [F] damned
Did he [C] beat the drums slowly?
Did he [Bb] play [F] the fife lowly?
Did [C] they sound the death march [Bb] as they lowered [C] you down? _ _
And [Bb] did the band play the last post [F] and [C] chorus?
[Dm] _
Did [F] the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the fall?
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_ _ _ I am Willie, [C] [Dm] I'm Rye, I [Bb] can't help [C] wondering why
Do those that lie here [Bb] know why did [F] they die? _
And did they [Dm] believe [Bb] when they answered [C] the call?
Did they really believe [Bb] that this war would [F] end the war? _
_ For the sorrow, [Dm] the suffering, [Bb] the glory, [Gm] the pain
[C] The killing and dying [Bb] were all [C] done in vain
_ _ [F] For young Willie [Dm] McBride it [Gm] all happened _ again
[C] And again and again and [Bb] again and [F] again
Did [C] they beat the drums slowly?
Did [Bb] they play the [F] fife lowly?
Did they [C]
sound the death march as [Bb] they lowered you [C] down? _ _
Did [Bb] the band play the last post [F] and chorus?
_ [Dm] _
Did the [F] pipes [Bb] play the flowers of [C] the fall?
_ [F] _
Did [C] they beat the drums slowly?
Did they [Bb] play [F] the fife lowly?
Did [C] they sound the death march [Bb] as they lowered [C] you down?
_ _ _ [Bb] Did the band play the last post [F] and [C] chorus?
[Dm] _ And did [F] the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the fall?
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