Key: A major
Verse 1
D
A
They were summoned
from the hillside.
They were called in from the glen.
E
A
And the country found them ready
E
A
at the starring call for men.
Let no tears add to their hardships
as the soldiers pass along,
B
A
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and although your heart is breaking,
A
E
B
A
B
E
A
E
make it sing this teary song.
A
E
Keep the home fires burning
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A
C#
while your hearts are yearning,
D
A
though your lads are far away
B
E
they dream of home.
E
F#m
A
C#
through the dark cloudy lining.
D
A
Turn the dark cloudy side out
E
A
D
A
till the boys come home.
Overseas there came a pleading,
help a nation in distress,
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A
and we gave our glorious laddies
E
B
A
Son of Addis to no less
Verse 3
to a tyrant's yoke he'll bend
B
A
F#m
And a noble heart must answer
A
E
B
A
B
A
to the sacred call of a friend
Verse 4
A
E
the home fires burning
F#m
A
C#
while your hearts are yearning.
D
A
Though your laps are far away,
B
E
they dream of home.
A
E
There's a silver lining
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A
C#
through the dark, cloudy lining.
D
A
Turn the dark cloud in side out,
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A
till the boys come home.
Outro 1
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D
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F
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E
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