Em      C     G/B   C          G     Em    G/D        CMaj7       D/F#       G           G/F#
E|---3--2-|--0-----------0-------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |
B|---0----|--1--x--3-----1--3----|--0-----------0-------|-----------0----------|--------0-------------| |
G|---0----|--0--x--0-----0-------|--0-----0--------0----|--------0-----2h-0----|--0--------0----------| |
D|---2----|-----x----------------|--------2-----0-------|-----2--------0-------|-----0----------------| |
A|--------|--3-----2-----3-------|----------------------|--3-------------------|----------------------| |
E|--------|----------------------|--3-------------------|--------------2-------|--3-----------2-------| |


             Em       CMaj7     D/F#
And how he used to thrill the crowd
     G/B  CMaj7     D/F#    G
The ready eye with bat and ball
     G/F#    Em       CMaj7  D/F#
The village fighter, heavy browed
    G/B     CMaj7   D/F#  G
The Englishman who had it all
   Em      C   G/B CMaj7   D/F#
A mighty shoulder to the wheel
    C       G   Em  CMaj7   D/F#
To join in battle with the best
    G/B  Em        CMaj7    D/F#
The iron arm, the will of steel
     G/B     CMaj7   D/F#      G    Em
And heart of oak to mourn the rest


| C G/B C | G Em G/D | CMaj7 % D/F# | G |


   G/F#  Em        CMaj7  D/F#
A power harnessed to the game
      G/B       CMaj7    D/F#   G
Once yoked and tempered fades away
     G/F#   Em         CMaj7 D/F#
The willing arm, the steady aim
     G/B       CMaj7     D/F#    G
The youth and fire that won the day
     Em       C G/B  CMaj7   D/F#
As twilight shadows dim the field
    C       G   Em   CMaj7   D/F#
The ageing fighter stands bereft
      G/B      Em      CMaj7 D/F#
With just the will to never yield
     G/B     CMaj7   D/F#         G    Em
And heart of oak to mourn what’s left