Chords for The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem "D-Day Dodgers"

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We are the D-Day Dodgers, [Eb] way out in [F] Italy,
_ _ [Cm] Always on the Vina, always on [Bb] the stream,
[Eb] Eight Army scroungers and [F] their tights,
We live in Rome [Bb] among the Yikes.
[F] We are the D [Bb]-Day _ Dodgers [F] in sunny _ [Bb] Italy.
_ _ We landed at [Eb] Salerno, our holiday would [F] pay,
The [C] Jerry's brought the bands out [F] to greet us on [Bb] the way,
_ [Eb] Showed us the sights and gave us [F] tea,
We all had girls and [Bb] the beer was free.
[F] We are the D-Day [Bb] _ _ Dodgers in sunny _ [Bb] Italy.
_ _ _ _ Naples and Cassino [Eb] were taken [C] in our stride,
We didn't go [F] to fight there, we just [Bb] went for the ride,
[Eb] Anzio and Sangro, they're just [F]
names,
We only went [Bb] to look for days.
[F] We are the D-Day [Bb] _
_ Dodgers [F] in _ sunny _
[Bb] Italy.
_ _ _ Dear Lady Astor, [Eb] you think you [F] know a lot,
_ Standing on a platform and talking [Bb] Tommy Roth,
[Eb]
Pure England's sweetheart and [F] her pride,
We think he amounts to [Bb] bloody _ wide.
[F] That's from your D [Bb]-Day _ Dodgers [F] in sunny _ [Bb]
Italy.
_ _ Look around the mountains in [F] the mud and rain,
You'll see the scattered crosses, there's some [Bb] that have no name,
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Heartbreak and toil and suffering [F] gone,
The boys beneath them [Bb] slumber on, _
[F] They are the D [Bb]-Day _ _ Dodgers [F] who stay in [Bb] Italy. _
_ _ [F] They are the D [Bb]-Day _ _ Dodgers [F] who stay in _ [Bb] Italy. _ _ _ _ _ _
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