Green Fields Of France Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

  Well Dhow do you Bmdo young GWillie AMcBride,

  Do you mind if I sit here down by Gyour gravesiDde,

  And rest for a Bmwhile in the Gwarm summer Asun,

  I've been walking all day and I'm Gnearly doneD.

  I Dsee by your grBmavestone you were onGly 19Em,

  When you joAined the great Gfallen in D19A16,

  Well DI hope you died Bmquick and I hEmope you died clean,

  Or AWillie McBride was it sGlow and oDbscene.

Chorus

  Did they Abeat the drum slowly,

  Did they pGlay the fife lDowly,

  Did they Asound the dead march, as they Glowered you Adown,

  Did the Gband play the last post and DchorBmus,

  Did the Dpipes play the GFlowers of the AForeDst.

  And Ddid you leave a Bmwife or a sweethGeart beAhind,

  In some loyal heart is your Gmemory enDshrined,

  And though you Bmdied back in G19A16,

  To Athat loyal heart you're Gforever D19.

  Or are you aBm stranger withoutEm even a name,

  ForAever eGnshrined behind soDme old glass paAne,

  In Dan old photoBmgraph all torn Emtattered and stained,

  And Afaded to yellow in a Gbrown leather Dframe.

Chorus

  Did they Abeat the drum slowly,

  Did they pGlay the fife lDowly,

  Did they Asound the dead march, as they Glowered you Adown,

  Did the Gband play the last post and DchorBmus,

  Did the Dpipes play the GFlowers of the AForeDst.

  The Dsun's shining Bmdown on these Ggreen fields of AFrance,

  The warm wind blows gently and the rGed poppies dDance,

  The trenches have Bmvanished long Gunder the Aplow

  No gas, no barbed wire, no gGuns firing Dnow.

  But Dhere in this Bmgraveyard it's Gstill "No Man's EmLand",

  The Acountless white Gcrosses in Dmute witness Astand,

  To Dman's blind Bmindifference to Emhis fellow man,

  And a Awhole generation that were Gbutchered and Ddamned.

Chorus

  Did they Abeat the drum slowly,

  Did they pGlay the fife lDowly,

  Did they Asound the dead march, as they Glowered you Adown,

  Did the Gband play the last post and DchorBmus,

  Did the Dpipes play the GFlowers of the AForeDst.

  And I Dcan't help but Bmwonder, oh GWillie McABride

  Do all those who lie here Gknow why they Ddied,

  Did you rBmeally belGieve them when they told you the Acause

  Did they really believe that this Gwar would end Dwars.

  Well, the suffering, the sBmorrow, the gGlory, the Emshame

  The Akilling and Gdying it Dwas all done in Avain,

  Oh DWillie McBmBride it all Emhappened again,

  And Aagain, and Gagain, and Dagain, and again.

Chorus

  Did they Abeat the drum slowly,

  Did they pGlay the fife lDowly,

  Did they Asound the dead march, as they Glowered you Adown,

  Did the Gband play the last post and DchorBmus,

  Did the Dpipes play the GFlowers of the AForeDst.