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[G]Well how do you [Em]do young [C]Willie [Am]McBride,
Do you [D]mind if I [D7]sit here down [C]by your grav[G]eside,
And rest for a [Em]while in the [C]warm summer [Am]sun,
I've been [D]walking all [D7]day and [C]I'm nearly [G]done.
[G]I see by your [Em]gravestone you were [C]only [Am]19,
When you [D]joined the great [C]fallen in [G]19[D7]16,
Well [G]I hope you died [Em]quick and I [Am]hope you died clean,
Or [D]Willie Mc[D7]Bride was it [C]slow and [G]obscene.
Chorus:
[G]Did they [D]beat the drum [D7]slowly,
Did they p[C]lay the fife l[G]owly,
Did they [D]sound the dead [D7]march, as they [C]lowered you [D]down,
Did the [C]band play the last post and c[G]horu[Em]s,
Did the [G]pipes play the [C]Flowers of the [D7]Fores[G]t.
And [G]did you leave a [Em]wife or a [C]sweetheart [Am]behind,
In so[D]me loyal [D7]heart is your [C]memory enshr[G]ined,
And though you [Em]died back in [C]19[Am]16,
[D] [D7] [C] [G]
To that loyal heart you're forever 19.
[G]Or are you a [Em]stranger without [C]even a [Am]name,
For[D]ever [C]enshrined behind s[G]ome old glass p[D7]ane,
In [G]an old photo[Em]graph all torn [Am]tattered and stained,
And [D]faded to [D7]yellow in a [C]brown leathe[G]r frame.
Chorus
The [G]sun's shining [Em]down on these [C]green fields of [Am]France,
The [D]warm wind blows [D7]gently and the [C]red poppies [G]dance,
The trenches have [Em]vanished long [C]under the [Am]plow
No [D]gas, no barbed [D7]wire, no [C]guns firing [G]now.
But [G]here in this [Em]graveyard it's [C]still "No Man's [Am]Land",
The [D]countless white [C]crosses in [G]mute witness [D7]stand,
To [G]man's blind [Em]indifference to [Am]his fellow man,
And a [D]whole gen[D7]eration that were [C]butchered and [G]damned.
Chorus
And I [G]can't help but [Em]wonder, oh [C]Willie Mc[Am]Bride
Do [D]all those who [D7]lie here [C]know why they [G]die,
Did you r[Em]eally bel[C]ieve them when they t[G]old you the cause
Did they r[D]eally be[D7]lieve that this [C]war would end [G]wars.
Well, the s[G]uffering, the [Em]sorrow, the [C]glory, the [Am]shame
The [D]killing and [C]dying it [G]was all done in [D7]vain,
Oh [G]Willie Mc[Em]Bride it all [Am]happened again,
And [D]again, a[D7]nd again, a[C]nd again, a[G]nd again.
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