Chords for The Men They Couldn't Hang - Green Fields of France

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Well how do you do now [C] young Willie _ [Am] McElroy? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Do you mind if I sit down [C] beside the [G]
gravestone? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And rest for a while, neath [C] the warm summer [Am] sun? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] I've been walking all [Bm] day [C] and I'm [G] nearly done. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well I see by a gravestone [C] you was only [Am] nineteen, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] when you joined the great fallen [C] of nineteen [G]-sixty. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well I hope you died well and [C] I hope you died [Am] clean. _
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[Em] [D] Oh Willie _ McElroy was [C] it slow [G] and obscene?
Did [Am] they beat the drums slowly and [C] play the [G] pipe lowly?
Did [Am] they sound the dead man [C] as they lowered [D] you down? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Did the fans sound the last _ [C] Boston chorus? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Did they pipe [C] the flowers [D] of the _ [G] forest?
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_ Did you leave a young wife [C] or a sweetheart _ [Am] behind? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] In some faithful heart are [Em] your memories _
[G] enshrined? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ For although you died back [C] in nineteen [Am]-sixty, _ _
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in that faithful heart you're [C] [Em] forever [G] nineteen. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Or are you a stranger without [C] even [Am] a name,
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[D] enclosed _ _ forever [C] behind a [G] glass pane? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ In an old _ photograph [C] torn, battered [Am] and stained,
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[Em] _ [D] _ faded to yellow [C] and brown leather [G] parade.
Did [Am] they beat the drums slowly [C] and play the [G] pipe lowly?
Did [Am] they sound the dead man as [C] they [D] lowered you down? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Did the fans sound the last Boston [C] _ chorus? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Did they pipe the [C] flowers [D] of the _ [G] forest?
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_ As the sun beats down [C] on the green fields [Am] of France, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] there's a soft summer breeze [C] makes the red [G] poppies dance. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And see how the sun shines [C] from under [Am] the flowers. _ _
_ _ _ _ There's [D] no gas, there's no barbed wire, [C] no guns firing [G] now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh but here in this graveyard [C] it's still no [Am] man's land. _ _
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The countless white crosses [C] stand _ [G] mutinous and sad. _ _ _ _
_ _ And through man's blind indifference to [C] his [Am] fellow man, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] to a whole _ generation [C] who were butchered [G] and damned.
[Am] Did they beat the drums slowly [C] and play the [G] pipe lowly?
Did [Am] they sound the dead man [C] as they lowered [D] you down? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Did the fans sound the last [C] Boston _ chorus? _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Did they pipe the [C]
flowers [D] of the _ [G] forest? _ _
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Now Willie _ McBride, I [C] can't help but [Am] wonder. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Did those that lie here [C] know why did they [G] die? _
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And did they believe when [C] they answered the [Am] call? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Did they really believe that [C] this war could [G] end wars?
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Oh the sorrow, the suffering, [C] the glory, [Am] the pain. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] The killing and dying to a [C] toll [G] done in vain. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ For young Willie _ McBride, oh it [C] happened [Am] _ again. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] And again and again [C] and again [G] and again.
Did they [Am] beat the drums slowly [C] and play the [G] pipe lowly?
Did [Am] they sound the dead man [C] as they lowered [D] you down? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Did the fans sound the last [C] Boston _ chorus?
_ _ _ _ _ _ Did [G] they pipe [C] the flowers [D] of the _ [G] forest? _ _ _ _ _ _
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