The Green Fields Of France Chords
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| Difficulty: | beginner |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | 1st fret |
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CAPO on First Fret
I used two versions of this song uploaded on this site as a reference:
the one by Jeffbrak and Wiggy 1988.
Try picking around a bit during the Verses, and start strumming during the Chorus. This
works best in my opinion, but feel free to do with it what you want. Enjoy,
Stijn Bontinck
CAPO ON 1st FRET
[Verse]
D Bm G A
Oh how do you do young Willie McBride,
G D
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside,
Bm G A
And rest for a while in the warm summer sun,
G D
I've been walking all day and I'm nearly done.
D Bm G Em
And I see by your gravestone you were only 19,
A G D A
When you joined the great fallen in 1916,
D Bm Em
Well I hope you died quick and I hope you died clean,
A G D
Or Willie McBride was it slow and obscene.
[Chorus]
A
Did they beat the drum slowly,
G D
Did they play the fife lowly,
A G A
Did they sound the death march, as they lowered you down,
G D Bm
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
D G A D
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest.
[Verse]
D Bm G A
And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind,
G D
In some loyal heart is your memory enshrined,
Bm G A
And though you died back in 1916,
A G D
To that loyal heart you're forever 19.
Bm Em
Or are you a stranger without even a name,
A G D A
Forever enshrined behind some old glass pane,
D Bm Em
In an old photograph torn tattered and stained,
A G D
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame.
[Chorus]
A
Did they beat the drum slowly,
G D
Did they play the fife lowly,
A G A
Did they sound the death march, as they lowered you down,
G D Bm
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
D G A D
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest.
[Verse]
D Bm G A
The sun shining down on these green fields of France,
G D
The warm wind blows gently and the red poppies dance,
Bm G A
The trenches have vanished long under the plow
G D
No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now.
D Bm G Em
But here in this graveyard that's still "No Man's Land",
A G D A
The countless white crosses in mute witness stand,
D Bm Em
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man,
A G D
And a whole generation that were butchered and damned.
[Chorus]
A
Did they beat the drum slowly,
G D
Did they play the fife lowly,
A G A
Did they sound the death march, as they lowered you down,
G D Bm
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
D G A D
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest.
[Verse]
D Bm G A
And I can't help but wonder, oh Willie McBride
G D
Do all those who lie here know why they died,
Bm G A
Did you really believe them when they told you the cause
G D
Did you really believe that this war would end wars.
Bm G Em
Well, the suffering, the sorrow, the glory, the shame
A G D A
The killing and dying it was all done in vain,
D Bm Em
Oh Willie McBride it all happened again,
A G D
And again, and again, and again, and again.
[Chorus]
A
Did they beat the drum slowly,
G D
Did they play the fife lowly,
A G A
Did they sound the death march, as they lowered you down,
G D Bm
Did the band play the last post and chorus,
D G A D
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest.
Any remarks, please mail to stijn.bontinck@hotmail.com
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This is the excellent reply to that wonderfull song
WILLIE MCBRIDE'S REPLY
Lyrics: Stephen L. Suffet, This is the reply that Willie McBride gives to Eric Bogle. The song is set to the same tune as The Green Fields Of France , and what a great tribute it is to Eric's song . I wonder has this reply to a song been done this way before ?
My dear friend Eric, this is Willie McBride,
Today I speak to you across the divide,
Of years and of distance of life and of death,
Please let me speak freely with my silent breath.
You might think me crazy, you might think me daft,
I could have stayed back in Erin, where there wasn't a draft,
But my parents they raised me to tell right from wrong,
So today I shall answer what you asked in your song.
Yes, they beat the drum slowly, they played the pipes lowly,
And the rifles fired o'er me as they lowered me down,
The band played "The Last Post" in chorus,
And the pipes played "The Flowers of the Forest."
Ask the people of Belgium or Alsace-Lorraine,
If my life was wasted, if I died in vain.
I think they will tell you when all's said and done,
They welcomed this boy with his tin hat and gun.
And call it ironic that I was cut down,
While in Dublin my kinfolk were fighting the Crown.
But in Dublin or Flanders the cause was the same:
To resist the oppressor, whatever his name.
Yes, they beat the drum slowly...,,,.
It wasn't for King or for England I died,
It wasn't for glory or the Empire's pride.
The reason I went was both simple and clear:
To stand up for freedom did I volunteer.
It's easy for you to look back and sigh,
And pity the youth of those days long gone by,
For us who were there, we knew why we died,
And I'd do it again, says Willie McBride.
+18
Awesome job!! perfecto!!
+9
excellent tab!!!!
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