The Green Fields Of France * [D] - The Furys
[F] Well how do you [Dm] do young [Bb] Willy Mc-[C]Bride
Do you [C] mind if I [C7] sit here down [Bb] by your grave-[F]side
And rest for a [Dm] while in the [Bb] warm summer [C] sun
I've been [C] walking all [C7] day and [Bb] I'm nearly [F] done
I [F] see by your [Dm] gravestone your were [Bb] only nine-[Gm]teen
When you [C] joined the great falling in [Bb] nineteen six-[C7]teen
Well I [F] hope you died [Dm] well and I [Bb] hope you died [Gm] clean
Or young [C] Willy Mc-[C7]Bride was it [Bb] slow and ob-[F]scene
Did they [C] beat the drum [C7] slowly, did they [Bb] play the fifes [F] lowly
Did they [C] sound the death [C7] march as they [Bb] lowered you [C] down
And did the [Bb] band play the last post and [F] chorus
Did the [F] pipes play the [Bb] flowers of the [C7] fo-[F]rest.
[F] Did you leave a [Dm] wife or a [Bb] sweetheart be-[C]hind
In [C] some faithful [C7] heart is your [Bb] memory en-[F]shrined
And though you died [Dm] back in [Bb] nineteen fif-[C]teen
In [C] some faithful [C7] heart are you for-[Bb]ever nine-[F]teen
[F] Or are you a [Dm] stranger without [Bb] even a [Gm] name
En-[C]closed and for-[F]ever be-[Bb]hind a glass [C] frame
In an [F] old photo-[Dm]graph torn [Bb] battered and [Gm] stained
And [C] fading to [C7] yellow in a [Bb] brown leather [F] frame.
Did they [C] beat the drum [C7] slowly, did they [Bb] play the fifes [F] lowly
Did they [C] sound the death [C7] march as they [Bb] lowered you [C] down
And did the [Bb] band play the last post and [F] chorus
Did the [F] pipes play the [Bb] flowers of the [C7] fo-[F]rest.
[F] Well the sun now it [Dm] shines on the [Bb] green fields of [C] France
There's a [C] warm summer [C7] breeze it makes the [Bb] red poppies [F] dance
And look how the [Dm] sun shines from [Bb] under the [C] clouds
There's no [C] gas no barbed [C7] wire, there's no [Bb] gun firing [F] now.
[F] But here in this [Dm] graveyard it's [Bb] still no mans [Gm] land
The [C] countless white crosses stand [Bb] mute in the [C7] sand
To [F] man's blind in-[Dm]difference to [Bb] his fellow [Gm] man
To a [C] whole gene-[C7]ration that were [Bb] butchered and [F] dammed
Did they [C] beat the drum [C7] slowly, did they [Bb] play the fifes [F] lowly
Did they [C] sound the death [C7] march as they [Bb] lowered you [C] down
And did the [Bb] band play the last post and [F] chorus
Did the [F] pipes play the [Bb] flowers of the [C7] fo-[F]rest.
[F] Well Will Mc-[Dm] Bride I cant [Bb] help wonder [C] why
Do [C] those that lie [C7] here know [Bb] why did they [F] die
And did they be-[Dm]lieve when they [Bb] answered the [C] call
Did they [C] really be-[C7]lieve that this [Bb] war would end [F] wars
[F] Well the [Dm] sorrow the suffering the [Bb] glory the [C] pain
The [C] killing and dying was [Bb] all done in [C7] vain
For young [F] Willy Mc-[Dm]Bride it all [Bb] happened a-[Gm]gain
And a-[C]gain,and a-[C7]gain,and a-[Bb]gain,and a-[F]gain
repeat chorus
Did they [C] beat the drum [C7] slowly, did they [Bb] play the fifes [F] lowly
Did they [C] sound the death [C7] march as they [Bb] lowered you [C] down
And did the [Bb] band play the last post and [F] chorus
Did the [F] pipes play the [Bb] flowers of the [C7] fo-[F]rest.
The Green Fields Of France * [D]The Furys
F Well how do you Dm do young Bb Willy Mc-CBride Do you C mind if I C7 sit here down Bb by your grave-Fside And rest for a Dm while in the Bb warm summer C sun I've been C walking all C7 day and Bb I'm nearly F done
I F see by your Dm gravestone your were Bb only nine-Gmteen When you C joined the great falling in Bb nineteen six-C7teen Well I F hope you died Dm well and I Bb hope you died Gm clean Or young C Willy Mc-C7Bride was it Bb slow and ob-Fscene
Did they C beat the drum C7 slowly, did they Bb play the fifes F lowly Did they C sound the death C7 march as they Bb lowered you C down And did the Bb band play the last post and F chorus Did the F pipes play the Bb flowers of the C7 fo-Frest.
F Did you leave a Dm wife or a Bb sweetheart be-Chind In C some faithful C7 heart is your Bb memory en-Fshrined And though you died Dm back in Bb nineteen fif-Cteen In C some faithful C7 heart are you for-Bbever nine-Fteen
F Or are you a Dm stranger without Bb even a Gm name En-Cclosed and for-Fever be-Bbhind a glass C frame In an F old photo-Dmgraph torn Bb battered and Gm stained And C fading to C7 yellow in a Bb brown leather F frame.
Did they C beat the drum C7 slowly, did they Bb play the fifes F lowly Did they C sound the death C7 march as they Bb lowered you C down And did the Bb band play the last post and F chorus Did the F pipes play the Bb flowers of the C7 fo-Frest.
F Well the sun now it Dm shines on the Bb green fields of C France There's a C warm summer C7 breeze it makes the Bb red poppies F dance And look how the Dm sun shines from Bb under the C clouds There's no C gas no barbed C7 wire, there's no Bb gun firing F now.
F But here in this Dm graveyard it's Bb still no mans Gm land The C countless white crosses stand Bb mute in the C7 sand To F man's blind in-Dmdifference to Bb his fellow Gm man To a C whole gene-C7ration that were Bb butchered and F dammed
Did they C beat the drum C7 slowly, did they Bb play the fifes F lowly Did they C sound the death C7 march as they Bb lowered you C down And did the Bb band play the last post and F chorus Did the F pipes play the Bb flowers of the C7 fo-Frest.
F Well Will Mc-Dm Bride I cant Bb help wonder C why Do C those that lie C7 here know Bb why did they F die And did they be-Dmlieve when they Bb answered the C call Did they C really be-C7lieve that this Bb war would end F wars
F Well the Dm sorrow the suffering the Bb glory the C pain The C killing and dying was Bb all done in C7 vain For young F Willy Mc-DmBride it all Bb happened a-Gmgain And a-Cgain,and a-C7gain,and a-Bbgain,and a-Fgain
repeat chorus Did they C beat the drum C7 slowly, did they Bb play the fifes F lowly Did they C sound the death C7 march as they Bb lowered you C down And did the Bb band play the last post and F chorus Did the F pipes play the Bb flowers of the C7 fo-Frest.