Chords for Tommy Fleming- Christmas 1915
Tempo:
114.05 bpm
Chords used:
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C#m
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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In 1915 [E]
on this day, on the western front the guns all [B] died away, [A] and lying in the mud
[C#m] [F#m] we heard the [B] Germans sing from [E] no man's land.
had a tenor voice so pure and true.
every [B] note we knew,
[A] soaring o'er the [E] living, [C#m] dead and dying,
[B] sang of peace from no [E] man's land.
They left their trenches and then we left ours.
on this day, on the western front the guns all [B] died away, [A] and lying in the mud
[C#m] [F#m] we heard the [B] Germans sing from [E] no man's land.
had a tenor voice so pure and true.
every [B] note we knew,
[A] soaring o'er the [E] living, [C#m] dead and dying,
[B] sang of peace from no [E] man's land.
They left their trenches and then we left ours.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ 1915 [E]
on this day, _ _ _ on the western front the guns all [B] died away, _ _ _ _ [A] and lying in the mud
on a [C#m] bed of sand, [C#] _ _
[C#m] _ [F#m] we heard the [B] Germans sing from [E] no man's land.
_ _ _ He had a tenor voice so pure and true.
_ The words were strange but every [B] note we knew,
[F#] _ _ _
_ [A] _ soaring o'er the [E] living, [C#m] dead and dying,
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#m] the Germans [B] sang of peace from no [E] man's land. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ They _ left their trenches and then we left ours.
_ _ _ Beneath ten hats they smiled [B] just like wildflowers, _ _
[E] with photos, _ cigarettes and [C#m] pots of wine.
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#m] We built a [B] soldier's truce on the [E] front line. _ _
[F#] _ [E] Their singer was a lad of twenty-one.
_ _ _ We begged another song [B] before the dawn, _
_ _ [A] and lying in the mud and the [C#m] blood and the fear,
_ _ [F#m] he sang [B] again the song all [E] long to hear.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Silent, _ _ no cannons roar,
_ _ _ a king of peace is born [B] _ forevermore. _ _ _
[A] All's calm, _ all's bright, all brothers [C#m] hand in hand.
[F#m] _ _
_ In _ [B] 1915 in no [E] man's land, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [E] in the morning all the guns boomed in the rain,
_ _ [A] _ [E] and we killed them and they killed [B] us again, _
_ _ [A] with bayonet, bomb and bullet, [C#m] gas and flame.
[C#] _ _ [F#m] And neither he [B] nor they knew [E] it all today. _
_ _ There was heavy fighting right about the day.
_ [B] _ _ For [E] one night's peace we bloodily [B] did pay. _
_ At [A] night they charged, we fought them [C#m] hand to hand,
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] and I killed the boy [B] that sang [E] no man's land.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Silent, _ _ _ no cannons roar,
_ _ [A] _ [E] a king of peace is born _ [B] _ _ forevermore. _
[A] All's calm, _ _ all's bright, all brothers hand [C#m] in hand. _ _
_ [F#m] And that young [B] soldier sings, [A] and the song of [B] peace still reigns,
[F#] though the captains and [B] all the kings build no [E] man's land.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Sleep _ _ [B] in _ _ heavenly _ _ [E] peace. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ 1915 [E]
on this day, _ _ _ on the western front the guns all [B] died away, _ _ _ _ [A] and lying in the mud
on a [C#m] bed of sand, [C#] _ _
[C#m] _ [F#m] we heard the [B] Germans sing from [E] no man's land.
_ _ _ He had a tenor voice so pure and true.
_ The words were strange but every [B] note we knew,
[F#] _ _ _
_ [A] _ soaring o'er the [E] living, [C#m] dead and dying,
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#m] the Germans [B] sang of peace from no [E] man's land. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ They _ left their trenches and then we left ours.
_ _ _ Beneath ten hats they smiled [B] just like wildflowers, _ _
[E] with photos, _ cigarettes and [C#m] pots of wine.
_ [C#] _ _ _ [F#m] We built a [B] soldier's truce on the [E] front line. _ _
[F#] _ [E] Their singer was a lad of twenty-one.
_ _ _ We begged another song [B] before the dawn, _
_ _ [A] and lying in the mud and the [C#m] blood and the fear,
_ _ [F#m] he sang [B] again the song all [E] long to hear.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Silent, _ _ no cannons roar,
_ _ _ a king of peace is born [B] _ forevermore. _ _ _
[A] All's calm, _ all's bright, all brothers [C#m] hand in hand.
[F#m] _ _
_ In _ [B] 1915 in no [E] man's land, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [E] in the morning all the guns boomed in the rain,
_ _ [A] _ [E] and we killed them and they killed [B] us again, _
_ _ [A] with bayonet, bomb and bullet, [C#m] gas and flame.
[C#] _ _ [F#m] And neither he [B] nor they knew [E] it all today. _
_ _ There was heavy fighting right about the day.
_ [B] _ _ For [E] one night's peace we bloodily [B] did pay. _
_ At [A] night they charged, we fought them [C#m] hand to hand,
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] and I killed the boy [B] that sang [E] no man's land.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Silent, _ _ _ no cannons roar,
_ _ [A] _ [E] a king of peace is born _ [B] _ _ forevermore. _
[A] All's calm, _ _ all's bright, all brothers hand [C#m] in hand. _ _
_ [F#m] And that young [B] soldier sings, [A] and the song of [B] peace still reigns,
[F#] though the captains and [B] all the kings build no [E] man's land.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Sleep _ _ [B] in _ _ heavenly _ _ [E] peace. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _