Key: E major•
Verse 1
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Me and Yates an army buddy o'mine were doin'
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three years in Germany at the time
We came upon these Frauleins in the bar
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gleit- en they said ya
Verse 2
quarts of German beer
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My conscience and my sinuses were clear
I asked that Fraulein if she was a spy she said
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nein but do bis ain bissel high
Verse 3
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Well later on I went to be excused when
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I returned I was a bit confused
Yates and his Fraulein had hit the air another
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guy was sittin' in my chair
(A young soldier whom we
I said excuse me Mister that's my seat I'd
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like to have it back sir if you please
Verse 4
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That girl's a nurse and I've been awful sick
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the man looked up at me and said mox- nix
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concerned with my health)
Next thing I knew he had
a switchblade knife
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Lord I didn't know that Fraulein was his wife
Verse 5
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I took off through that Gasthaus like a fool
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behind me I heard the crashing stools
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(As the police would say he was
in hot pursuit)
Well the waitress yelled there's
MPs on the way
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I didn't want to stay
Verse 6
somethin' went switch
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And I giggled all the way home
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knowin' he missed
a laughing matter)
But next morning my coat
was lyin' there on the bunk
Verse 7
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And when I saw that coat
That man had cut my coat
right down the back
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been playin' me taps
Verse 8
guy got stabbed
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n't that make me glad
On love and marriage I want to say one thing
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oh lady if you're married wear that ring
Verse 9
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if you can't move it paint it
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If it has a switchblade knife sa lute it
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want to write Mother about
Germany being full of good sol
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A B F Bb...
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