All The Fine Young Men

Mary Black

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G D/F# G C They told all the fine young men
D That when this war is over
G D/F# G C There will be peace
D And the peace will last forever [Verse]
C D/F# G G/A G/B C In Flanders Fields
D At Lone Pine and Beersheba
G Am For king and country
G C For honour and duty
G C G/B C The young men fought and cursed and wept and died [Verse]
G D/F# G C They told all the fine young men
D "Ah, when this war is over
G D/F# G C Your country's grateful heart
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D We will cherish you forever [Verse]
C D/F# G G/A G/B C Tobruk and Alamein
D At Bhuna and Kokoda
G Am In a world mad with war
G C Like their fathers before
G C G/B C The young men fought and cursed and wept and died [Instrumental]
C D C D C D C D [Verse]
G D/F# G C For many of those fine young men
D All the wars are over
G D/F# G C They've found their peace
D It's the peace that lasts forever [Verse]
C D/F# G G/A G/B C When the call comes again
D They will not answer
G Am They're just forgotten bones
G C Lying far from their homes
G C G/B C G C G Forgotten as the cause for which they died [Instrumental] G D G C D x2 [Verse]
C D/F# G G/A G/B C When the call comes again
D They will not answer
G Am They're just forgotten bones
G C Lying far from their homes
G C G/B C G C G Ah, young men, can you see now why they lied?
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