Chords for Show of Hands - 'The Game Keeper' (Centenary)

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In [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] Devonshire I [A] was a keeper [F#m] Half my life [A] I lived outdoors
[E] Using skills my [F#m] father taught me On [D] land that edged the [E] open moors
I'd cut [D] the snares of [A] every poacher [F#m] Rising hours before [A] the sun
I [E] set traps and [F#m] planted cover And [D] drove the bears [E] towards the gun
[B] _ _ Master, [A] very well [F#m] Hold down, very, very down
Upon [A] the leaves of green [E] _ Give [F#m] me now, hold down
[D] Hold down, very, very down Upon [E] the leaves of green
I [D] fought in France Like [A] half this county
With [F#m] all the skills I [A] brought from home I [E] set traps and [F#m] laid the wire
Till the [D] earth grew red as [E] Devons' own
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July [D] the 1st, [A] 1960 We early rose past Tramlin' Rock
The whistles [E] blew And we [F#m] broke cover
And [B] walked in line [E] Towards the gun
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Handsome and [F#m] lovely spire Bright [A] as a jewel when [E] fast he's sown
But [F#m] love grows old And [D] quite sees cold
And [E] fades away Back [D] on the land
Aye, [A] aye, the beater And [F#m] when the glorious [A] twelfth has come
We [E] stand in line We [F#m] wait in silence
And [D] walk once more Towards [E] the guns
We [D] walk towards the [E] waiting guns
We [D] walk towards the [E] waiting guns
We [D] walk towards the [E] waiting guns
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