The Green Fields of France Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]How do you [Bm]do young
[G]willie [A]mcbride,
Do you mind if I sit here down
[G]by your [D]graveside,
And rest for a [Bm]while 'neath the
[G]warm summer [A]sun,
I've been walking all day
and [G]I'm nearly [D]done
I see by your [Bm]gravestone
you were [G]only [Em]19
When you [A]joined the great fall-in in [G]1916[A]
I [D]hope you died [Bm]well and I
[G]hope you died [Em]clean
Or young [A]willie mcbride was
it [G]slow and [A]obscene.
[Bm]Did they

[Verse 2]
[A]beat the drum slowly did they
[G]play the fife [D]lowly
[A]Did they sound the death march as
they [G]lowered [A]you down
Did the [G]band play the last post
and chor[D]us[Bm]
Did the [D]pipes play the
[G]flowers of the [A]forest
[D]

[Verse 3]
Did you leave [Bm]a wife [G]or a sweetheart behind
[A]In some faithful heart is
your [G]memory enshrined
[D]Although you died bac[Bm]k in [G]191[A]6
In that [G]faithful [A]heart are you [G]forever [D]19
Or are you [Bm]a stranger without [G]even a [Em]name
En[A]closed then forever
be[G]hind a glass [A]frame
In [D]an old [Bm]photograph torn,
[G]battered and [Em]stained
And [A]faded to yellow [G]in a brown
leather [A]frame.

[Verse 4]
Did they [A]beat the drum slowly
did they [G]play the fife lowly
[D]Did they sou[A]nd the death march
as [G]they lowered you [A]down
Did the [G]band play the last
post and chor[D]us[Bm]
Did the [D]pipes play [G]the flowers

[Interlude 1]
of the forest
[A][D][Eb]

[Verse 5]
[Eb]The sun now [Cm]it shines on [Ab]the green
fields [Bb]of france
There's a warm summer breeze
makes [Ab]the red poppies [Eb]dance
And look how the [Cm]sun shines from
[Ab]under the cloud[Bb]s
There's no gas, no barbwire,
there's no [Ab]guns firing [Eb]now
But here in this [Cm]graveyard it's [Ab]still
[Fm]no man's land
[Bb]The countless white crosses stand
[Ab]mute in [Bb]the sand
[Eb]To man's blind in[Cm]difference
to [Ab]his fellow [Fm]man
To a [Bb]whole generation that were
[Ab]butchered and [Cm]damned.

[Verse 6]
Did they [Bb]beat the drum slowly
did they [Ab]play the fife [Eb]lowly
Did they [Bb]sound the death march
as [Ab]they lowered [Bb]you down
Did the [Ab]band play the last
post and [Eb]chorus[Cm]
Did [Eb]the pipes play [Ab]the flowers
of the [Bb]forest
[Eb]

[Verse 7]
Now young willie [Cm]mcbride
I can't [Ab]help wonder [Bb]why
Do those who lie here
know [Ab]why did t[Eb]hey die
Did they [Cm]believe when they
[Ab]answered [Bb]the call
Did they really believe that
this [Ab]war would end w[Eb]ars
Well the sorrow, the suf[Cm]fering,
[Ab]the glory, [Fm]the pain
[Bb]The killing and the dying
were [Ab]all done in v[Bb]ain
For young [Eb]willie [Cm]mcbride it
all [Ab]happened [Fm]again,
And [Bb]again and again and
[Ab]again and [Eb]again

[Verse 8]
Did they [Bb]beat the drum slowly
did they [Ab]play the fife [Eb]lowly
Did they [Bb]sound the death march
as they [Ab]lowered [Bb]you down
Did [Ab]the band play the last
post and [Eb]chorus[Cm]
Did the [Eb]pipes play the [Ab]flowers of the [Bb]forest

[Outro 1]
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