Chords for The Brighton Taverners - The D-Day Dodgers

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That's why we were [G#] trying to when we were thinking about what to sing tonight.
We [E] thought we had to have a troll [G] through _ _
some of the old albums [Em] some of the songs the other songs for a long [A] time, but
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_ _ The others are all here tonight somebody did somebody [A] bring the albums
I think they are back there somewhere and this is from [B] the we're gonna do a couple of songs now from the very first album _
We were [G] calling for wrap it up for the [A] lady _ _
_ [N] and I had
_ _ Several people email me asking me if we [G] do these two songs from the first [A] album
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_ _ And [C#] this is a song called and the D-Day Dodgers
It's a bit of a [G#] long story involved, but if you've
_ [G] If you want to know the back story to this I can [A] tell you later _ _
Based on a lovely old tune [C#] called Lilliam [A] Arlane _ _
_ This is a censored [C#] version.
It was written by soldiers this _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Now
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Well, _ _ _ _ we landed at Solano a [Bm] holiday
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The _ Jerry's brought the bands out to greet us [A] on the way
[D] Showed us the sights [F#m] and gave us [C#m] tea
[Bm] We all sang [A] songs and the beer was free
_ [E] To welcome [B]
the DJ
[A] _ _ Dodgers _ [B] to sunny
[E] _ _ [A] Italy _
To welcome _ _ [E] _ _ the DJ
[A] _ _ _ Dodgers _ [Bm] to sunny
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And _ on the way to Florence [Bm] we had a lovely [E] time
We took a bus to Rimini right [C#m] through the Gothic [A] line
[D] _ And your _ sangro [A] they were just [C#m] nose
[Bm] We only went there [A] to look for days the
[E] D [B] _ [A]-Day _ _ Dodgers _ [E] in sunny
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[E] Those _ droppy D [A]-Day _ Dodgers _ [E] in [Em] sunny _
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_ _ _ Dear old lady Esther you [E] think you know a lot _
standing on the platform
_ talking [A] Tommy Ross
_ [D] _ Your in that sweetheart _
[B] _ Right, _ we think [Bm] your mouth [A] to bloody _ wine [E]
and that's wrong
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It's sunny
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_ _ Now _ look around the _ mountains _ [Em] all in the mud and rain _ _ _
You'll see the scattered _ [A] crosses
_ _ some that have no names
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Heartbreak and toil [G] _ and suffering [G#] gone
_ _ [F] The boys _ [G#] beneath them _ slumber on
_ [F] _ _ _ And those are you D _ -Day _ Dodgers
[E] _ _ Who stay [G] in? _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Italy
_ _ [E] And those are
D-Day _ Dodgers
_ _ Who _ [Em] stay
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[A] _ _ _ _ In _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] That's a very sad [A] memory for me I was dropped behind enemy lines [E] during the war
_ And I was only six months at the time
_ [D] No, _ _ I joined the [B] infantry when I was an infant _ _ _ _ _
When I was an adult I joined the adultery
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