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.