Chords for Back to the Army Again

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_ [Am] _ [D] I'm here in that [G] ticky Ulster, [D] a broken [Gm] belly [D] cocked hat And laying on to the sergeant, I [G] don't know a gun from a [D] bat
Me shirt's coming [G] due, keep a jacket, [D] me sock's sticking out of me boots I'm learning them damn old goose steps [G] along with the new recruits
[D] And I'm back to the army [G] again, [D] sergeant, back to [G] the army [D] again Don't look so hard for I haven't no [G] cut, I'm back to the army again
I [D] done me [G] six year [D] service, Her Majesty [Em] says good [D] [G] day You're [D] pleased to [G] come when you're wrong, for an A is your roll back pay
[D] And fourpence [G] a day for backy, [D] and blooming [E] generous [D] too And now you can make your [G] fortune the [D] same as your [G] officers [D] do
Back to the [G] army again, [D] sergeant, back to the army again How did I learn to do right about [G] her?
I'm back to the army again
[D] A man of [G] four and [D] twenty that hasn't [Gm] learned of a [D] [G] dream [D] Miss I'd [G] reserve [D] again [G] him, he'd better be never [D] made
I tried me [G] luck for a [D] quarter, and that was [C#m] enough for [D] me I thought of Her Majesty's barrack, and I thought I would [C] just go and see it
[D] And I'm back to the [G] army again, [D] sergeant, back to the [E] army [D] again Wasn't my fort [G] in my dress when I ordered my ass to the army again
[D] The [G] sergeant asked no questions, [D] he winked the [E] other [D] eye [G] He says to me, an [D] assurance it [G] is the same [D] as in [G] days gone by
[D] He saw the set [G] of me shoulders, [D] I couldn't help [G] holding them [D] straight [G] When me and the other [D] rookies came under the [G]
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[D] Back to the [G] army again, [D] sergeant, back to the [E] army [D] again Who would have thought I could carry and [G] put up with this?
I'm back to the army again
[D] I took me a [G] bath and I [D] wallowed, but God I [Gm] needed it [D] so I smelled the smell of the barrack, I heard the [G] mule go blow
[D] I heard the [G] feet on the [D] gravel, the feet of the [E] men who [D] walked the rail I said to me, flattering assuring, I [G] said to him, pace me still
[D] I'm back to the [G] army again, [D] sergeant, back to the army again Who says I [G] knew when a troopship was due?
And I'm [D] back to the [C] army again
[D] I carried me [G] slops to the tailor, I says to him, [E] none of you [D] live Yet I tied him [G] up over the shoulders and loosened him over the hip
[D] For the set of the [G] tunic is horrid, [D] and he says to [Em] me, strike me [D] [G] dead But I thought you was used to the business, and of course he done what I said
[D] I'm back to [G] the army again, [D] sergeant, back to [C] the army [D] again Rather [G] too free with your fancies, I'm back to the army again
[D] Next week [G] I'm having them fitted, [D] I'll buy me [G] a swagger [D] cane And let me free of the barrack, to walk on [G] the hoe again
[D] In the name [G] of William Parson, [D] that used to [Em] be Edward [D] Clay And any poor bugger [D] that wants it, [G] can draw me for but today
[D] I'm back to [G] the army again, [D] sergeant, back to [G] the army [D] again Out of the cold and [G] the rain, sergeant, out of the cold and the rain
A [D] man that's [G] too good to be lost, you [D] A man that is handled [D] and made A man that [G] will pay what he [D] cost you [G] In learning [D] the [G] others the trade
[D] You're dropping the pick of the army, the charge you don't help [E] and [D] remain You're driving us to cheat, [G] to get out of the street And back to the army again
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