MISC IRISH - "green fields of france" Tablature

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1993 17:37:27 -0400
From: "Thomas M. Payerle" <payerle@wam.umd.edu>


Green Fields of France
by Eric Bogle

3/4 time
Intro:
G | G | C | Am | D | D | G | D |

Verse 1:
|G |G |C |Am
Well how do you do, Private ...
|D |D |G |D
Do you mind if I sit here ...
|G |G |C |Am
I'll rest for awhile in the ...
|D |D |C |G
I've been walking all day, ...
|G |G |C |Am
And I see by your gravestone...
|D |D |G|D
When you joined the ..
|G |G |C |Am
Well, I hope you died quick, ...
|D |D |C |G
Or, Willie McBride, ...


CHORUS:
|D |D |C |G
Did they beat the drum slowly; ...
|D |D |C |G
Did the rifles fire o'er you as ...
|C |C |D |D
Did the bugle play The Last ...
|C |Am |D |G
Did the pipes play The ...


Verse 2:
And did you leave a wife or a ....

Or are you a stranger without .....

CHORUS

Verse 3:
Well, the sun, it shines down on ....

But here in this graveyard it's ....

CHORUS

Verse 3:
Well, I can't help but wonder now, ....

Well, the suffering, the sorrow, the .....

CHORUS
Ending: |G |G |C |Am |D |D |C |G


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