King Henry

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King Henry marched forth, a sword 
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in his hand,
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Two thousand horsemen all at his 
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command;
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In a fortnight the rivers ran red 
through the land,
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The year fifteen hundred and twenty.

[Verse 2]
The year it is now nineteen 
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sixty-five,
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It's easier far to stay half-alive.
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Just keep your mouth shut while 
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the planes zoom and dive
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Ten thousand miles over the ocean.

[Verse 3]
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Simon was drafted in sixty-three
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In sixty-four, sent over the sea
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Last month this letter he sent to me
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He said, "You won't like what I'm 
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sayin'."

[Verse 4]
He said, "We've no friends here, no 
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hardly a one,
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We've got a few generals who just 
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want our guns.
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But it'll take more than that if 
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we're ever to win;
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Why, we'll have to flatten the 
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country."

[Verse 5]
"It's my own troops I have to watch 
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out for," he said,
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"I sleep with a pistol right under 
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my head;"
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He wrote this last month, last week 
he was dead,
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And Simon came home in a casket.

[Verse 6]
I mind my own business, I watch my 
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TV,
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Complain about taxes but pay anyway.
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In a civilized manner my forefathers
 betray
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Who long ago struggled for freedom.

[Verse 7]
But each day a new headline screams 
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at my bluff,
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On TV some general says we must be 
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tough.
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In my dreams I stare at this family 
I love
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All gutted and spattered with 
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napalm.

[Verse 8]
     G                             
King Henry marched forth, a sword 
      Am
in his hand,
G                              
Two thousand horsemen all at his 
     Dm
command;
     G             Am         G
In a fortnight the rivers ran red 
through the land,
    Dm           Am          G
The year fifteen hundred and twenty.

[Verse 9]
The year it is now nineteen 
      Am
sixty-five,
     G                        Dm
It's easier far to stay half alive.
     G               Am           
Just keep your mouth shut while 
  G
the planes zoom and dive
    Dm                       G
Ten thousand miles over the ocean.

[Alternate verse 2/9:]
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The year it is now much later it 
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seems,
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It's easier far, in the land of our
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 dreams,
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Just keep your mouth shut and don't 
hear the screams
    Dm             Am       G
Ten thousand miles over the ocean.