The Coat Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I [Am]first saw the gold
in an old junk store
[G]In a display about the First World War
[Em]Mud -stained, bloodied,
vandaled [E]and torn
What [F]tales could be told
from the gold that was worn?
I [Am]bought that thing and I took it home
I [G]tried it on when I was alone
I [Em]looked [E]in the mirror, I saw 1916
The [F]men that were there and what they
had [Am]seen[G][E][Em][F]
For [Am]that bit of gold I paid fifty pound
[G]In a pocket loaded an old note I found
From [E]years gone by, a long time [Em]dead
A [F]note from the soldier, this is what it read
The [Am]dissonance found and I am no more
My [G]name is Tommy Bell
and I'm for the great war
I [Em]saw [E]hell on earth and man become beast
I [F]heard the screaming from north, and east
I [Am]smelt the death, I felt the pain
A [G]war to end wars, never again
[Em]Saw the fear i[E]n grown men's eyes
In [F]poison fields the young boys died
[Am]To an identity they
didn't understand
[G]Killing another of a
bloodstained land
Ques[E]tioned why,
kept the thoughts in my head
[F]Who will have victory over the
[Am]dead?[G][Em][F]
Who[Am]ever fights the snow, tell my family
I [G]love them all for eternity
To my [Em]wife [E]Mary Ann, you must be strong
[F]For I first born, my only son Tom
A [Am]time gone by from World War I
A [G]soldier's words written from the sun
A [Em]war to e[E]nd wars,
that's what some do say
[Em]A no[F] -promise soldier on his fatal day
[Am]Lest we forget, they won't grow old
[G]We will remember the
brave and the bold
[Em]Those who stepped forward
[E]to defend our land
[Em]To fight[F] a war some didn't understand
[Am]I learned a lot from that dirty old coat
A [G]soldier's farewell written on a note
For [E]king and country,
[Esus4]the ultimate sacrifice[E]
For [F]fu ture generations and a way of life

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
I'm [F]not [Am]I'm[G]

[Outro 1]
I'm not afraid I'm
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