At The Elbe
Fred Small
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Am Well mister I just overheard you talking through your drinkDm How the Russians lie like rugs howG they've pushed us to the brinkAm Em Now sit right here beside me I'veF G an old man's tale to tellAm G How Yanks and Reds were friendsAm once... at the ElbeAm G My name is Joe Polowski I hitchedAm G C up in '41Dm Left my sweetheart in Chicago and IG learned to fire a gunAm Em The fog in the Ardennes so thickF G you could not see your noseAm G C D Nor the ghosts in the BelgianF G Am wood advancing through the snowAm G We left our dead behind us and weAm G C scaled the Dragon's TeethDm With screaming mimis overhead notG one of us could sleepAm Em F Some fell to the enemy some fellG to the creeping coldAm G C D And I killed a German sniper whoF G Am was not fourteen years oldF When a soldier takes a hit myAm friend it ain't like HollywoodG Bone and guts go flying andAm G/B C everywhere there's bloodDm For a moment he is mystified thereC must be some mistakeF As it all drains out in a crimsonE lakeAm G Then April turned the weather andAm G C likewise the tide of warDm As haggard hungry GermansG surrendered by the scoreAm Em And thank god for the Russians whoF G took the battle's bruntAm G C And broke the back of theD F G Am Wermacht along the eastern frontContinúa después del anuncioC Then we saw a burst of lilacs andG the river swift and wideAm And rest and welcome waiting for usEm on the other sideC F C And Yanks and Reds laughed outG Am F C G loud to be alive at the ElbeAm G We caught the glint of water andAm G C upon the distant shoreDm G Men and trucks and horses not German and not oursAm Em No bridge to cross but at the dockF G a boat securely tiedAm G C We blew the chain and rowed likeD F G Am demons for the other sideAm G But when we stepped up on the landAm G C oh Jesus what a sightDm Blackened bodies of civilians likeG driftwood piled highAm Em Cut down by stray artillery --F G what the hell is it all forAm G C D We knelt and cursed the crueltyF G Am and madness men call warF Three Russians approached us, weAm shook hands and then embracedG Stalingrad had traced it's linesAm G/B C of sadness on their faceDm Upon that field of corpses theseC weary happy menF Swore an oath that it must neverE happen againAm G And then we wept and cheered andAm G C spoke in languages unknownDm G They poured us Russian vodka by god we drank it downAm Em We sang "The Volga Boatman" theyF G sang "Tavern in the Town"Am G C D F I never kissed so many men asG Am on that afternoonC When we saw a burst of lilacs andG the river swift and wideAm And rest and welcome waiting for usEm on the other sideC F C And Yanks and Reds laughed outG Am F C G loud to be alive at the ElbeAm G But no sooner were we statesideAm G C than the cold war headlines readDm G Commies in the unions commies under every bedAm Em Hurrah the Nazi devil's down longF G live the devil RedAm G C D And not one word about the oathF G Am we swore amongst the deadAm G There are kids today who'll tellAm G C you we fought Russia in the warDm There are armchair heroes set toG settle some old scoreAm Em There are profiteers and pushersF G primed to send young men once moreAm G C D To blow themselves to glory onF G Am some godforsaken shoreF So drape my coffin with the flag ofAm the good old USAG Am Let Yanks in army khaki and RedsG/B C in Russian grayDm C Lower me so gently into the German clayF And speak again the oath we sworeE that dayC When we saw a burst of lilacs andG the river swift and wideAm And rest and welcome waiting for usEm on the other sideC F C And Yanks and Reds laughed outG Am F C G loud to be alive at the Elbe