The Green Fields Of France - The Furys
(D) Well how, do you do, young (G) Willy Mc-(Em)-Bride
Do you (A) mind, if I (A7) sit here, down (G) by your grave-(D)-side
And (D) rest for a while, in the (G) warm, summer (Em) sun
I've been (A7) walking, all day, and (G) I'm nearly (D) done
I (D) can see by your gravestone, you were (G) only nine-(Em)-teen
When you (A7) joined, the great falling in (G) nineteen six-(A7)-teen
Well I (D) hope you died well, and I (G) hope you died (Em) clean
Or young (A) Willy Mc-(A7)Bride, was it (G) slow and ob-(D)-scene
Did they (A)beat the drum slowly, did they (G) play the fifes (D) lowly
Did they (A) sound, the death march, as they (G) lowered you (A) down
Did the (G) band play the last post and (D) chorus
And did the (G) pipes, play the (Em) flowers, of the (A7) for-(D)-est.
Did you (D) leave, a wife, or a (G) sweetheart be-(Em)-hind
In some (A) faithful (A7) heart, is your (G) memory en-(D)-shrined
Although (D) you died back, in (G) nineteen six-(Em)-teen
In some (A) faithful (A7) heart, are you for-(G)-ever nine-(D)-teen
Or (D) are you a stranger without, (G) even a (Em) name
En-(A)closed and for-(A7)ever, be-(G)hind a glass (A) frame
In an (D) old photo-graph, torn (G) battered and (Em) stained
And (A) fading to (A7) yellow, in a (G) brown leather (D) frame.
Did they (A)beat the drum slowly, did they (G) play the fifes (D) lowly
Did they (A) sound, the death march, as they (G) lowered you (A) down
Did the (G) band play the last post and (D) chorus
And did the (G) pipes, play the (Em) flowers, of the (A7) for-(D)-est.
(D) Well the sun it shines down on the (G) green fields of (Em) France
There's a (A) warm, summer (A7) breeze, it makes the (G) red poppies (D) dance
And (D) look how the sun, shines from (G) under the (Em) clouds
There's no (A)gas, no barbed wire, there's no (G) gun firing (D) now.
(D) But here in this graveyard it's (G) still no mans (Em) land
The (A) countless white (A7) crosses, stand (G) mute in the (A7) sand
To (D) man's blind in-difference, to (G) his fellow (Em) man
To a (A) whole gene-(A7)ration, that was (G) butchered and (D) dammed
Did they (A)beat the drum slowly, did they (G) play the fifes (D) lowly
Did they (A) sound, the death march, as they (G) lowered you (A) down
Did the (G) band play the last post and (D) chorus
And did the (G) pipes, play the (Em) flowers, of the (A7) for-(D)-est.
Ah, young (D) Willie Mc- Bride, I can't (G) help wonder (Em) why?
Do (A) those that lie (A7) here, know (G) why did they (D) die
And (D) did they be-lieve when they (G) answered the (Em) call
Did they (A) really be-(A7)-lieve, that this (G) war would end (D) wars
Ah well the (D) sorrow the suffering, the (G) glory the (Em) pain
And the (A) killing and dying, was (G) all done in (A7) vain
For young (D) Willy, Mc-Bride it all (G) happened a-(Em)-gain.
And a-(A)-gain, and a-(A7)-gain, and a-(G)-gain, and a-(D)-gain.
Outro – Repeat the Chorus
Did they (A)beat the drum slowly, did they (G) play the fifes (D) lowly
Did they (A) sound, the death march, as they (G) lowered you (A) down
Did the (G) band play the last post and (D) chorus
And did the (G) pipes, play the (Em) flowers, of the (A7) for-(D)-est.