Chords for D-Day Dodgers - Hamish Imlach

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[G] We're the D-Day Dodgers _ out in [Em] Italy
_ _ _ [C#] Always on the vino, _ _ [G] always on the spree
_ _ [B] Eight armies, _ scroungers [G] and their tanks
We [F] live in [D] Rome _ _ [D#] among the yanks
We [G] are the D [C]-Day _ _ _ Dodgers way [Gm] _ [F] out in _ [G] _
Italy
[C] _ _ _ _ We [G] landed at _ Salerno, a holiday [Bm] with pay
_ [G] The jerrys got their bands out to greet us on the [C] way _
_ _ Showed us [G] the sights, they gave us tea
We [F] all sang songs, the beer [C] was free
To [G] _ welcome D-Day [C] _ _ _ Dodgers [G] to _ sunny _ _ [C] Italy _
_ _ _ _ Naples and Cassino were [G] taken in our stride
We didn't go to fight there, just went for the [C] ride
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Anzio [G] and Sangro [F] were just [G]
names
We _ only [F] went _ to look [C] for dames
[G] The _ artful D [C]-Day _ _ _ Dodgers [G] way out in _ _ [C] Italy _ _ _ _
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_ Dear Lady Astor, [G]
think you know a lot
_ Standing on your platform, _ _ talking Tommy [C] Rot
_ [F] You England [G] _ sweetheart _ and upright
_ We [F] think your mouth too [C] bloody white
That's [G] from the D-Day [C] _
_ _ [G] Dodgers way out in _ [C] Italy _ _ _ _
_ Look around the mountains [G] in the mud and [Bm] rain
_ [G] See the scattered crosses, _ some which have no [C] name
_ _ [F] Heartbreak [G] and toil, _ _ suffering gone
_ The boys beneath [F] _ _ them [C] linger on
They [G] are the D-Day [C] _ _ _ Dodgers [G] who stay in _ _ Italy _ _
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