Chords for The Young British Soldier

[E] When the half-made recruit he goes out to the east, he acts like a babe and he drinks like a beast, and he wonders because he is frequent deceased, there he's fitted and serve as a soldier.
Serve, serve, serve as a soldier!
[N] _ Serve, serve, serve as a soldier!
Serve, serve, serve as a soldier!
A soldier of [E] the Queen!
Now all you recruitees what's drafted today?
You shut up you ragbooks and act a mean lay
And I'll sing you a soldier as far as I may A soldier what's fit for a soldier?
Fit, fit, fit for a soldier
Fit, fit, fit for a soldier
Fit, fit, fit for a [Gm] [Abm] soldier
A soldier of the Queen
First mind you stays clear of the grogs and the zuts
For they'll sell you fixed banglets that rots out your guts
I drink that unate delights steal from your butts
And it's bad for the young British soldier
Bad, bad, bad for the soldier
Bad, bad, bad for the soldier
Bad, bad, bad for the soldier
A soldier of the Queen
When the cholera [A] comes and it will pass [E] to doubt
Keep out of the wet and don't go on the shout
For the sickness gets in as the liquor dies out
And it crumples the young British soldier
[C] Crum, crum, crumples the [E] soldier
Crum, crum, crumples the soldier
Crum, [N] crum, crumples the soldier
The [E] soldier of the [Abm] Queen
But the worst of your foes is the sun over red
You must wear your helmet for all that is said
If he finds you uncovered he'll knock you down dead
And you'll die like a fool of a soldier
Fool, fool, fool of a soldier
[Db] _ Fool, fool, fool of a soldier
[N] Fool, fool, fool of a soldier
A soldier of the [B] Queen
If you're cast [E] for fatigue by a [B] sergeant unkind
[Em] Don't grasp like a woman the crack on your blind
Me andy and sybil and then you will find
That it's beer for the young British soldier
_ [B]
Beer, beer, beer for the soldier
Beer, beer, beer for the [G] soldier
Beer, beer, beer for the soldier
A soldier [E] of the [F] Queen
Now if you must marry take care she is old
A troop sergeant's widow's the [Eb] nicest [E] I'm told
For [B] beauty won't help you when your rations is cold
Nor love ain't enough for a soldier
Nuff, nuff, [E] nuff for a soldier
[Bbm] Nuff, [B] nuff, nuff for a soldier
[Dm] Nuff, nuff, nuff for a soldier
[E] A soldier of the Queen
[N] If the wife should go wrong with a comrade be loath
To shoot when you catch him you'll swing on me oath
Make him take her and keep her it's hell for them both
You'll [B] be shot on the curse of a soldier
_ Curse, curse, curse of a soldier
Curse, curse, curse [Abm] of a soldier
Curse, curse, curse of a soldier
A soldier [E] of the Queen
When first under fire [A] you're wishful to [Abm] duck
Don't look nor take heed of the man that is struck
Be thankful you're living and trust to [E] your luck
And march to your front like a soldier
_ [Db] Front, front, front like a soldier
[Bb] [Abm] Front, front, front like a soldier
Front, front, front like a soldier
[Em] A soldier of the Queen
[C] When half of your bullets fly [A] wide in the ditch
Don't call your Martini a [F] cross-eyed old bitch
She's yeoman as you are, you treat her as such
And she'll fight for the young British soldier
_ Fight, [E] fight, fight for the soldier
[B]
Fight, fight, fight for the [E] soldier
Fight, fight, fight for the soldier
A soldier of the Queen
When shaking their bustles like ladies are fine
The guns on the enemy wheel interline
[Eb] Shoot low at the limbers and don't mind the [Bm] shine
For noise never startles a soldier
Start, start, [B] startles the soldier
Start, start, [E] startles the soldier
Start, start, startles the soldier
_ A soldier of the [Am] Queen
[Ab] If your office is dead and the sergeants look [E] white
Remember it's ruined to run from the fight
So take open order, lie down and sit tight
And wait for support like a soldier
Wait, wait, wait like a soldier
[B] Wait, wait, wait like [Abm] a soldier
Wait, wait, wait like a soldier
A soldier of the Queen
When you're wounded and [N] left on Afghanistan's plain
And the women come out to cut up what remains
[B] Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
And go to your gourd like a soldier _
Go, go, go like a soldier
_ [N] Go, go, go like a soldier
Go, go, go like a soldier
A soldier [E] of the Queen
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _