Chords for The Green Fields Of France By The Fureys & Davey Arthur
Tempo:
122.65 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
F
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
Well, how [Dm] do you do?
[Bb] young Willie
[C] McBride
Do you mind if I sit here [Bb] down by your [F] grave site?
And rest [C] [Dm] for a while
[Bb] Need a warm summer [C]
sun.
I've been walking all day
[Bb] And I'm [F] nearly done.
I
See by [C] your [Dm] gravestone you [Bb] are only
[Gm] 1919 [C]
when you joined the Great Fallen [Bb] in [C] 1916 [F] I
Hope you [C]
[Dm] died well, [Bb] and I hope you [Gm] died clean
Are [C] you on Willie?
McBride who [Bb] was it slow and [F] up see
[C] Did he beat the drums slowly [Bb] there they play the [F] five lowly today [C] sound?
Did that much I [Bb] still are were you [C] down?
Under [Bb] the bond play the last [F] post and [C] chorus
[Dm] [F] Did the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the [F] farm?
Did you leave
[C]
[Dm] Are [Bb] a sweetheart [C] behind [F] [C] and some faithful heart [Bb] is your memory [F] in shrine?
Although you [Dm] died back [Bb] in
[C] 1960 in that faithful heart are [Bb] you forever?
[F] Or are you
[Dm] stranger [Bb] without even [Gm] a name
[C] enclosed and forever
[Bb] behind [F] the glass [C] frame
[F] And an old for [Dm] a graph [Bb] torn butter [Gm] gun stains [C] and faded
Tiano [Bb] in the brown leather
[F] [C] Did he beat the drums loaded [Bb] a deploy the [F] fine flow leaded [C] a sound
Did that much [Bb] I still are were [C] you down?
There [Bb] the band played the last post [F] and [C] chorus
[Dm] Under [F] the pipes play the flowers [C] of the farm
[F]
The Sun [C]
[Dm] now it shines
[Bb] on the green fields [C] of
[F] There's [C] a warm [F] summer [C] breeze.
It makes [Bb] the red puppies [F] dance
And look [C] how this [D] shines [Bb] from
[C] There's no gas no bad where there's [Bb] no gun firing [F] now
But here in this [Dm] graveyard
[Bb] It's still no [Gm] man's land
[C] The countless white grasses [Bb] stand mute [F] in the [C] sun
To [F] man's [Dm] blind indifference to [Gm] his fellow man [C] to all
generation [Bb] that were butchered [F] and
Did [C] he beat the drums slowly?
They [Bb] play [F] the fire flow leaded a [C] sound the death march as [Bb] the law
[C] Would you down?
Under the [Bb] band play the last [F] post and [C] chorus
[Dm] [F] Did the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the [F] farm?
Hi, you will eat my [Dm] pride I can't [Bb] help [C] wonder
To those that like me
No, [Bb] why [F] did they die?
And today [Dm] believe
when [Bb] the answer
[C]
Did they really believe that [Bb] this war [F] would end war
But the sorrow [C] [Dm] the suffering [Bb] the glory [Gm] the pain
[C] the killing and dying were [Bb] all [C] done in vain or
[F] Young Willie [Dm] my pride [Gm] it all happened again
[C] and again and again and
[Bb] Again, and [F]
again
Did [C] they be the drums slowly there [Bb] they play?
The [F] fire flow leaded a [C] sound the death march [Bb] as the law would you [C]
down?
There [Bb] the band play the last [F] post and chorus
[Dm] Did [F] the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the [F] farm?
[C] The day beat the drums slowly [Bb] they play the [F] fire flow leaded [C] a sound
The death march as the [Bb] law [C] would you down?
[Bb] Did the band play the last [F] post and chorus?
[C] [Dm]
[F] Did the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the farm?
[Bb] [F]
[N]
Well, how [Dm] do you do?
[Bb] young Willie
[C] McBride
Do you mind if I sit here [Bb] down by your [F] grave site?
And rest [C] [Dm] for a while
[Bb] Need a warm summer [C]
sun.
I've been walking all day
[Bb] And I'm [F] nearly done.
I
See by [C] your [Dm] gravestone you [Bb] are only
[Gm] 1919 [C]
when you joined the Great Fallen [Bb] in [C] 1916 [F] I
Hope you [C]
[Dm] died well, [Bb] and I hope you [Gm] died clean
Are [C] you on Willie?
McBride who [Bb] was it slow and [F] up see
[C] Did he beat the drums slowly [Bb] there they play the [F] five lowly today [C] sound?
Did that much I [Bb] still are were you [C] down?
Under [Bb] the bond play the last [F] post and [C] chorus
[Dm] [F] Did the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the [F] farm?
Did you leave
[C]
[Dm] Are [Bb] a sweetheart [C] behind [F] [C] and some faithful heart [Bb] is your memory [F] in shrine?
Although you [Dm] died back [Bb] in
[C] 1960 in that faithful heart are [Bb] you forever?
[F] Or are you
[Dm] stranger [Bb] without even [Gm] a name
[C] enclosed and forever
[Bb] behind [F] the glass [C] frame
[F] And an old for [Dm] a graph [Bb] torn butter [Gm] gun stains [C] and faded
Tiano [Bb] in the brown leather
[F] [C] Did he beat the drums loaded [Bb] a deploy the [F] fine flow leaded [C] a sound
Did that much [Bb] I still are were [C] you down?
There [Bb] the band played the last post [F] and [C] chorus
[Dm] Under [F] the pipes play the flowers [C] of the farm
[F]
The Sun [C]
[Dm] now it shines
[Bb] on the green fields [C] of
[F] There's [C] a warm [F] summer [C] breeze.
It makes [Bb] the red puppies [F] dance
And look [C] how this [D] shines [Bb] from
[C] There's no gas no bad where there's [Bb] no gun firing [F] now
But here in this [Dm] graveyard
[Bb] It's still no [Gm] man's land
[C] The countless white grasses [Bb] stand mute [F] in the [C] sun
To [F] man's [Dm] blind indifference to [Gm] his fellow man [C] to all
generation [Bb] that were butchered [F] and
Did [C] he beat the drums slowly?
They [Bb] play [F] the fire flow leaded a [C] sound the death march as [Bb] the law
[C] Would you down?
Under the [Bb] band play the last [F] post and [C] chorus
[Dm] [F] Did the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the [F] farm?
Hi, you will eat my [Dm] pride I can't [Bb] help [C] wonder
To those that like me
No, [Bb] why [F] did they die?
And today [Dm] believe
when [Bb] the answer
[C]
Did they really believe that [Bb] this war [F] would end war
But the sorrow [C] [Dm] the suffering [Bb] the glory [Gm] the pain
[C] the killing and dying were [Bb] all [C] done in vain or
[F] Young Willie [Dm] my pride [Gm] it all happened again
[C] and again and again and
[Bb] Again, and [F]
again
Did [C] they be the drums slowly there [Bb] they play?
The [F] fire flow leaded a [C] sound the death march [Bb] as the law would you [C]
down?
There [Bb] the band play the last [F] post and chorus
[Dm] Did [F] the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the [F] farm?
[C] The day beat the drums slowly [Bb] they play the [F] fire flow leaded [C] a sound
The death march as the [Bb] law [C] would you down?
[Bb] Did the band play the last [F] post and chorus?
[C] [Dm]
[F] Did the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the farm?
[Bb] [F]
[N]
Key:
C
Bb
F
Dm
Gm
C
Bb
F
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Well, how [Dm] do you do?
_ [Bb] young Willie
_ [C] _ McBride
Do you mind if I sit here [Bb] down by your [F] grave site?
And rest [C] [Dm] for a while
[Bb] Need a warm summer [C]
sun.
I've been walking all day
[Bb] And I'm [F] nearly done. _ _ _ _
I
See by [C] your [Dm] gravestone you [Bb] are only
_ [Gm] 1919 [C]
when you joined the Great Fallen [Bb] in _ [C] 1916 _ _ _ _ [F] I
Hope you [C]
[Dm] died well, [Bb] and I hope you [Gm] died clean
Are [C] you on Willie? _
_ McBride who [Bb] was it slow and [F] up see
[C] Did he beat the drums slowly [Bb] there they play the [F] five lowly today [C] sound?
Did that much I [Bb] still are were you [C] down?
_ _ Under [Bb] the bond play the last [F] post and [C] chorus
[Dm] _ [F] Did the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the _ [F] farm? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Did you leave
[C]
[Dm] Are _ [Bb] a sweetheart [C] behind _ [F] [C] and some faithful heart [Bb] is your memory [F] in shrine?
_ Although you [Dm] died back [Bb] in _
[C] 1960 _ in that faithful heart are [Bb] you forever? _
[F] _ _ _ _ Or are you
[Dm] stranger [Bb] without even [Gm] a name _
[C] enclosed and forever _
[Bb] behind [F] the glass [C] frame
_ _ [F] And an old for [Dm] a graph [Bb] torn butter [Gm] gun stains [C] and faded _
Tiano [Bb] in the brown leather
[F] _ _ [C] Did he beat the drums loaded [Bb] a deploy the [F] fine flow leaded [C] a sound
Did that much [Bb] I still are were [C] you down?
_ _ There [Bb] the band played the last post [F] and [C] chorus
[Dm] _ Under [F] the pipes play the flowers [C] of the farm
[F] _ _ _
_ _ _ The _ _ _ _ Sun [C]
[Dm] now it shines
[Bb] on the green fields [C] of
_ [F] There's [C] a warm [F] summer [C] breeze.
It makes [Bb] the red puppies [F] dance
_ And look [C] how this [D] shines [Bb] from _
_ [C] _ There's no gas no bad where there's [Bb] no gun firing [F] now _ _ _
But here in this [Dm] graveyard
[Bb] It's still no [Gm] man's land
[C] The countless white grasses [Bb] stand mute [F] in the [C] sun
_ _ To [F] man's [Dm] blind indifference to [Gm] his fellow man [C] to all _
generation [Bb] that were butchered [F] and
Did [C] he beat the drums slowly?
They [Bb] play [F] the fire flow leaded a [C] sound the death march as [Bb] the law
[C] Would you down?
_ _ _ Under the [Bb] band play the last [F] post and [C] chorus
[Dm] _ _ [F] Did the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the _ [F] farm? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Hi, you will eat my [Dm] pride I can't [Bb] help [C] wonder
_ To those that like me
No, [Bb] why [F] did they die?
_ And today [Dm] believe
when [Bb] the answer
[C] _
Did they really believe that [Bb] this war [F] would end war
_ _ _ But the sorrow [C] [Dm] the suffering [Bb] the glory [Gm] the pain _
[C] the killing and dying were [Bb] all [C] done in vain _ _ or
[F] Young Willie [Dm] my pride [Gm] it all happened again
[C] and again and again and
[Bb] Again, and [F]
again
Did [C] they be the drums slowly there [Bb] they play?
The [F] fire flow leaded a [C] sound the death march [Bb] as the law would you [C]
down?
_ _ There [Bb] the band play the last [F] post and chorus
[Dm] _ Did [F] the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the _ [F] farm?
[C] The day beat the drums slowly [Bb] they play the [F] fire flow leaded [C] a sound
The death march as the [Bb] law [C] would you down? _ _ _
[Bb] Did the band play the last [F] post and chorus?
[C] _ [Dm] _
[F] Did the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the farm?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Well, how [Dm] do you do?
_ [Bb] young Willie
_ [C] _ McBride
Do you mind if I sit here [Bb] down by your [F] grave site?
And rest [C] [Dm] for a while
[Bb] Need a warm summer [C]
sun.
I've been walking all day
[Bb] And I'm [F] nearly done. _ _ _ _
I
See by [C] your [Dm] gravestone you [Bb] are only
_ [Gm] 1919 [C]
when you joined the Great Fallen [Bb] in _ [C] 1916 _ _ _ _ [F] I
Hope you [C]
[Dm] died well, [Bb] and I hope you [Gm] died clean
Are [C] you on Willie? _
_ McBride who [Bb] was it slow and [F] up see
[C] Did he beat the drums slowly [Bb] there they play the [F] five lowly today [C] sound?
Did that much I [Bb] still are were you [C] down?
_ _ Under [Bb] the bond play the last [F] post and [C] chorus
[Dm] _ [F] Did the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the _ [F] farm? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Did you leave
[C]
[Dm] Are _ [Bb] a sweetheart [C] behind _ [F] [C] and some faithful heart [Bb] is your memory [F] in shrine?
_ Although you [Dm] died back [Bb] in _
[C] 1960 _ in that faithful heart are [Bb] you forever? _
[F] _ _ _ _ Or are you
[Dm] stranger [Bb] without even [Gm] a name _
[C] enclosed and forever _
[Bb] behind [F] the glass [C] frame
_ _ [F] And an old for [Dm] a graph [Bb] torn butter [Gm] gun stains [C] and faded _
Tiano [Bb] in the brown leather
[F] _ _ [C] Did he beat the drums loaded [Bb] a deploy the [F] fine flow leaded [C] a sound
Did that much [Bb] I still are were [C] you down?
_ _ There [Bb] the band played the last post [F] and [C] chorus
[Dm] _ Under [F] the pipes play the flowers [C] of the farm
[F] _ _ _
_ _ _ The _ _ _ _ Sun [C]
[Dm] now it shines
[Bb] on the green fields [C] of
_ [F] There's [C] a warm [F] summer [C] breeze.
It makes [Bb] the red puppies [F] dance
_ And look [C] how this [D] shines [Bb] from _
_ [C] _ There's no gas no bad where there's [Bb] no gun firing [F] now _ _ _
But here in this [Dm] graveyard
[Bb] It's still no [Gm] man's land
[C] The countless white grasses [Bb] stand mute [F] in the [C] sun
_ _ To [F] man's [Dm] blind indifference to [Gm] his fellow man [C] to all _
generation [Bb] that were butchered [F] and
Did [C] he beat the drums slowly?
They [Bb] play [F] the fire flow leaded a [C] sound the death march as [Bb] the law
[C] Would you down?
_ _ _ Under the [Bb] band play the last [F] post and [C] chorus
[Dm] _ _ [F] Did the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the _ [F] farm? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Hi, you will eat my [Dm] pride I can't [Bb] help [C] wonder
_ To those that like me
No, [Bb] why [F] did they die?
_ And today [Dm] believe
when [Bb] the answer
[C] _
Did they really believe that [Bb] this war [F] would end war
_ _ _ But the sorrow [C] [Dm] the suffering [Bb] the glory [Gm] the pain _
[C] the killing and dying were [Bb] all [C] done in vain _ _ or
[F] Young Willie [Dm] my pride [Gm] it all happened again
[C] and again and again and
[Bb] Again, and [F]
again
Did [C] they be the drums slowly there [Bb] they play?
The [F] fire flow leaded a [C] sound the death march [Bb] as the law would you [C]
down?
_ _ There [Bb] the band play the last [F] post and chorus
[Dm] _ Did [F] the pipes [Bb] play the flowers [C] of the _ [F] farm?
[C] The day beat the drums slowly [Bb] they play the [F] fire flow leaded [C] a sound
The death march as the [Bb] law [C] would you down? _ _ _
[Bb] Did the band play the last [F] post and chorus?
[C] _ [Dm] _
[F] Did the pipes play [Bb] the flowers [C] of the farm?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _