Key: F major
Verse 1
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Well the old man died in the summer
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Bb
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Gm
when the grass was dry and brown
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The long hard road he'd travelled
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had finally reached the end
He was out on the veranda writing
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d he just put down his pen
Verse 2
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Well he did two years in Changi in
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F
Gm
the big Pacific War
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He'd been to hell and back again
His most prized possession was
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watched his comrades fall
Verse 3
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He'd play the Changi bango made of tin
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Dm
C
from off his slouch hat brim
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C
nails to pick his strings
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To the memory of is fallen mates,
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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like a ghost
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of skin and bones
No—one knows the sorrows,
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journey to rest with his old mates
Verse 5
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C
play his Changi banjo made of tin
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The bridge piece was the Rising Sun
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C
from off his slouch hat brim
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nails to pick his strings
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To the memory of is fallen mates,
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the Changi banjo rings
Verse 6
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He'll play his Changi banjo
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C
from off his slouch hat brim
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C
nails to pick his strings
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To the memory of is fallen mates,
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Verse 7
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To the memory of is fallen mates,
Outro 1
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