Singing Out The Days chords by Chumbawamba

SimplifiedEm · D · A · C · B …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Half the front's out there, half- buried
Some of them alive
The rest of us,
we freeze and pray for Spring
"Dearest Mother
Fill my lungs till victory or food arrives"
What else can we do out here but sing?

Verse 2
Em 
D 
 (E minor) Sixteen years and  (D major) never been kissed
A 
D 
Singing out the  (A major) days  (D major) 
Em 
D 
Jumped the  (E minor) queue and the  (D major) waiting list
C 
Singing  (C major) out the days
D 
Civvy suit's and  (D major) new recruit's
C 
B 
 (C major) Clean your rifle,  (B major) polish your boots
C 
D 
C 
 (C major) Learn to  (D major) give the cor (C major) rect salute
D 
C 
 (D major) Singing out the days  (C major) singing
D 
C 
Em 
B 
C 
Singing  (D major) singing,  (C major) singing  (E minor) out the  (B major) days  (C major) 
D 
C 
We march un (D major) til we  (C major) drop
D 
C 
Then we go  (D major) over the  (C major) top
D 
C 
Em 
D 
C 
Singing,  (D major) singing  (C major)  (E minor) out the days  (D major)  (C major) 
D 
 (D major) Lice and rats along the trench
A 
D 
Singing out the  (A major) days  (D major) 
Em 
Coffin nails to cover the  (E minor) stench
D 
C 
D 
 (D major) Singing  (C major) out the  (D major) days
C 
D 
For  (C major) thirty weeks we  (D major) hold the line
C 
While  (C major) all the toffs get reassigned
B 
C 
D 
 (B major) Apart  (C major) from the  (D major) war,
C 
B 
we're  (C major) doing  (B major) fine
D 
C 
Singing  (D major) out the days  (C major) singing
D 
C 
Em 
B 
C 
Singing  (D major) singing,  (C major) singing  (E minor) out the  (B major) days  (C major) 
D 
C 
We march un (D major) til we  (C major) drop
D 
C 
Then we go  (D major) over the  (C major) top
D 
C 
Em 
C 
Singing,  (D major) singing  (C major)  (E minor) out the days  (C major) 
C#m 
D 
Song (C sharp minor) s for  (D major) drowning out the shells
A 
Singing out the  (A major) days
D 
 (D major) Songs to prove you're alive and well
Singing out the days
C 
D 
 (C major) Songs for our hu (D major) manity in
C 
The  (C major) face of inhumanity
B 
D 
C 
 (B major) To  (D major) demonstrate your  (C major) sanity
B 
D 
C 
 (B major)  (D major) Singing out the days  (C major) singing
D 
C 
Em 
B 
C 
 (D major) Singing singing,  (C major) singing  (E minor) out the  (B major) days  (C major) 
D 
C 
We march un (D major) til we  (C major) drop
D 
C 
Then we go  (D major) over the  (C major) top
D 
C 
Em 
Singing,  (D major) singing  (C major)  (E minor) out the days