| D | C | D | Eb | |
| Belsen was a | gas I he | ard the other d | ay |
| D | C | G | |
| In the open gra | ves where the j | ews all lay |
| D | C | D | Eb | |
| Life is f | un and I w | ish you were h | ere |
| D | C | G | |
| They wrote on post | cards to th | ose held dear |
| chorus (played twice) |
| C | G | C | G | C | G | F-G | F-G | |
| oh d | ear o | h de | ar | oh de | ar |
| second verse |
| Sergeant majors on the march |
| Wash their bodies in the starch |
| See them all die one by one |
| Guess it's dead guess it's glad |
| chorus (twice) |
| so bad so bad so bad |
| intro |
| repeat first verse |
| outro: ad lib chorus |
| with Ronald Biggs: |
| ok, this time for real Belsen was a gasser |
| intro: D C Bb C D C G x2 |
| verse |
| D | C | Bb | C | |
| Belsen was a | gas I he | ard the other | day |
| D | C | G | |
| In the open gra | ves where the jew | s all lay |
| D | C | Bb | C | |
| Life is fu | n and I wis | h you were | here |
| D | C | G | |
| They wrote on | postcards to tho | se held dear |
| chorus (same as other version) |
| second verse |
| Dentists search their teeth for gold |
| Frisk the jews for bank notes rolled |
| when they found out what they got |
| Line them up and shoot the lot |
| chorus |
| kill a man be a man kill a man |
| intro |
| third verse |
| Wonder what the jews would say |
| If I told them where Boorman was today |
| Would they start a vendetta |
| you'd better ask Ernie Ledbetter |
| chorus |
| Ledbetter Ledbetter Ledbetter |
| outro: ad lib chorus |
| comments, corrections to senomar@bach.udel.edu |
| -I'm here, I'm queer, I play 5-string bass |