No Mans Land chords

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G Wel, how D do you do, C Private D William Am McBride.
D Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside.
G And I'll rest for a D while in C the warm D summer Am sun.
D I've been walking all day, Lord, C and I'm nearly G.
done.
_ I _ see by your _ D gravestone Am you were only _ nineteen.
D When you joined the glorious fallen in G _ D _ 1916.
_ G Well, I hope you D died quick and A I hope D you died Am clean.
D Our William McBride was C a slow G and a sing.
D Did they beat the drums slowly.
G Did they sound the final only.
D Did the rifles fire o'er ye C as they lowered G you down.
_ _ Did the Gm eagles sing the C last post D in chorus _ _ .
_ G Did the pipes play the C _ .
flures of D the _ G forest _ _ .
And _ _ C _ _ _ D _ _ .
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did you leave a D wife or a C sweetheart D _ Am behind.
D In some faithful heart is your G memory D _ _ .
enshrined.
G And though you died D back C in _ _ Am 1916,.
D To that loyal heart are you C _ G always nineteen.
_ _ Or _ are you a stranger without A Am even a name.
D For a barren shrine G behind sunglass D pane.
G In an old _ photograph A turned and Am tattered in stain.
_ D And fading to yellow C in a brown G leather frame.
D Did they beat the drums slowly.
G Did they sound the final only.
Did D the rifles fire o'er ye as C they lowered G you _ down.
_ Did C the eagles Em sing the last D post in chorus _ .
_ Did the G pipes play the C _ .
flures D of the _ _ G forest.
Well, _ _ _ C _ _ _ D _ _ .
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the sun's shining now D on these C green Bm fields Am of grass,.
D The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance,.
G The trenches have vanished C long D under Am the plough,.
D No gas and no barbed wire, C no guns fighting G.
now,.
_ But _ here in this graveyard Am it's still D no Am man's land,.
D The countless white crosses in G mute D witness stand,.
G To man's blind _ indifference Am to his fellow man,.
And D the whole _ generation C who were _ G butchered in damn.
Did D they beat the drums slowly.
C Did they sound the G final only.
D Did the rifles fire o'er ye as C they lowered you G _ down.
_ Did C the eagles sing the last G post in D chorus _ .
_ Did G the pipes play C the flures D of the _ _ G forest.
And _ _ _ C _ _ _ D _ _ .
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I can't help but Bm wonder, _ C nobly, D Am but pride,.
_ D Do all those who lie G here know why D they died.
G Did you really believe them when C they told G you Am the cause.
D Did you really _ believe that C this war would end G war.
_ Em The _ G suffering, the sorrow, _ Am the glory, the shame,.
D The killing, the dying, G it was all done D in vain,.
G But will you not pray that it A all Am.
happened again.
D And again and again and C again G and again,.
D Did they beat the drums slowly.
C Did they sound G the final only.
Did D the rifles fire o'er ye as C they lowered G you down.
_ _ Did C the eagles sing the last D post in chorus.
_ _ _ G Did the pipes play the C _ flures of D the _ G forest _ .
_ _ _ D Did the C eagles sing the last post D in chorus _ _ .
Did G the pipes play C the _ flures of the D forest.
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