Belsen Was A Gas Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

D C D D♯ D C

 BDelsen was a gaCs I heardD the other day D♯

 IDn the open graveCs where the jewsG all lay

 LDife is funC and I wishD you were here D♯

 TDhey wrote on postcaCrds to thoseG held dear

Chorus

played twice)

C G C G C G

F

G

F

 oGh dear oh dear oh dear

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 A♯ C D C

Verse

 BDelsen was a gaCs I heardA♯ the other dayC

 IDn the open graveCs where the jews aGll lay

 LDife is fun Cand I wish yA♯ou were hereC

 TDhey wrote on pCostcards to those Gheld 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