Dropkick Murphys - Green fields of france

^CWell how do you ^Amdo young ^FmWillie M^D7cBride, Do you ^Gmind if I sit here down ^Fmby your grave^Cside, And rest for a ^Amwhile in the ^Fmwarm summer s^D7un, I've been ^Gwalking all day and I^Fm'm nearly do^Cne. ^CI see by your ^Amgravestone you were ^Fmonly 1^D79, When you ^Gjoined the great ^Fmfallen in 1^C91^G6, Well ^CI hope you died ^Amquick and I ^D7hope you died clean, Or ^GWillie McBride was it ^Fmslow and o^Cbscene.

^CDid they ^Gbeat the drum slowly, Did they p^Fmlay the fife lo^Cwly, Did they ^Gsound the dead march, as they ^Fmlowered you d^Gown, Did the ^Fmband play the last post and ch^Corus^Am, Did the ^Cpipes play the ^FmFlowers of the F^Gores^Ct.

^C And did you le^Amave a wif^Fme or a s^D7weetheart behind, ^G In some loyal heart is^Fm your memo^Cry enshrined, And thoug^Amh you died ba^Fmck ^Din 1916, ^G To that loyal heart y^Fmou're for^Cever 19. ^C Or are ^Amyou a stranger wi^Fmthout ev^D7en a name, ^G Fo^Fmrever enshrined beh^Cind some old gl^Gass pane, In ^Can old photo^Amgraph all torn ^D7tattered and stained, And ^Gfaded to yellow in a ^Fmbrown leather^C frame.

^C The sun's sh^Amining down on ^Fmthese green field^D7s of France, ^G The warm wind blows gently and^Fm the red popp^Cies dance, ^AmThe trenches h^Fmave vanishe^D7d long under the plow ^G No gas, no barbed wire^Fm, no guns fir^Cing now. ^C But here in^Am this graveyard^Fm it's still "^D7;No Man's Land", ^G The countless ^Fmwhite crosse^Cs in mute wit^Gness stand, ^C To man's ^Amblind indifferen^D7ce to his fellow man, ^GAnd a whole generation that^Fm were butchered^C and damned.

^CAnd I can't hel^Amp but wonde^Fmr, oh Will^D7ie McBride ^G Do all those who lie^Fm here know why ^Cthey die, Did you r^Ameally bel^Fmieve them when they to^Cld you the cause Did they r^Geally believe that this ^Fmwar would end w^Cars. Well, ^Cthe suffering,^Am the sorrow,^Fm the glory,^D7 the shame ^G The killin^Fmg and dyin^Cg it was all don^Ge in vain, Oh ^CWillie Mc^AmBride it all ^D7happened again, And ^Gagain, and again, a^Fmnd again, an^Cd again.