The Green Fields of France
The Green Fields of France

The Green Fields of France easy guitar chords by John Mcdermott

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • Eb

    6

  • Cm

    3

  • Ab

    4

  • Bb

  • Fm

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • Eb

    6

  • Cm

    3

  • Ab

    4

  • Bb

  • Fm

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    How 
    do you 
    do 
    young 

    willie 
    mcbride, 

    Do you 
    mind 
    if 
    I sit 
    here 
    down 

    by 
    your 
    graveside, 

    And 
    rest 
    for a 
    while 
    'neath the 

    warm 
    summer 
    sun, 

    I've 
    been 
    walking 
    all 
    day 

    and 
    I'm 
    nearly 
    done 

    I see 
    by 
    your 
    gravestone 

    you were 
    only 
    19 

    When you 
    joined 
    the great 
    fall-in 
    in 
    1916 

    I 
    hope 
    you 
    died 
    well 
    and I 

    hope 
    you 
    died 
    clean 

    Or young 
    willie 
    mcbride 
    was 

    it 
    slow 
    and 
    obscene. 

    Did they 
    Verse 2
    beat 
    the drum 
    slowly 
    did they 

    play 
    the 
    fife 
    lowly 

    Did they sound 
    the 
    death 
    march 
    as 

    they 
    lowered 
    you down 

    Did the 
    band 
    play 
    the last 
    post 

    and 
    chor
    us 

    Did the 
    pipes 
    play the 

    flowers 
    of 
    the 
    forest 

    Verse 3

    Did 
    you 
    leave 
    a wife 
    or a sweetheart 
    behind 

    In some 
    faithful 
    heart 
    is 

    your 
    memory 
    enshrined 

    Although 
    you 
    died 
    back 
    in 
    1916 

    In 
    that 
    faithful 
    heart 
    are you 
    forever 
    19 

    Or 
    are 
    you 
    a stranger 
    without 
    even 
    a 
    name 

    En
    closed 
    then 
    forever 

    be
    hind 
    a glass 
    frame 

    In 
    an old 
    photograph 
    torn, 

    battered 
    and 
    stained 

    And 
    faded 
    to yellow 
    in a brown 

    leather 
    frame. 

    Verse 4
    Did they 
    beat 
    the 
    drum 
    slowly 

    did they 
    play 
    the fife 
    lowly 

    Did 
    they 
    sound 
    the death 
    march 

    as 
    they lowered 
    you 
    down 

    Did the 
    band 
    play 
    the last 

    post 
    and 
    chor
    us 

    Did 
    the 
    pipes 
    play 
    the flowers 

    Interlude 1
    of 
    the forest 


    Verse 5
    The sun 
    now 
    it shines 
    on 
    the green 

    fields 
    of france 

    There's a 
    warm 
    summer 
    breeze 

    makes 
    the red 
    poppies 
    dance 

    And 
    look 
    how 
    the 
    sun 
    shines 
    from 

    under 
    the cloud
    s 

    There's 
    no 
    gas, 
    no 
    barbwire, 

    there's 
    no 
    guns 
    firing 
    now 

    But 
    here 
    in 
    this 
    grave
    yard 
    it's 
    still 

    no 
    man's 
    land 

    The countless 
    white 
    crosses 
    stand 

    mute 
    in 
    the sand 

    To man's 
    blind 
    in
    difference 

    to 
    his 
    fellow 
    man 

    To a 
    whole 
    generation 
    that 
    were 

    butchered 
    and 
    damned. 

    Verse 6
    Did they 
    beat 
    the drum 
    slowly 

    did 
    they 
    play 
    the fife 
    lowly 

    Did 
    they 
    sound 
    the death 
    march 

    as 
    they lowered 
    you down 

    Did 
    the 
    band 
    play 
    the last 

    post 
    and 
    chorus 

    Did 
    the pipes 
    play 
    the flowers 

    of 
    the 
    forest 

    Verse 7

    Now 
    young 
    willie 
    mcbride 

    I 
    can't 
    help 
    wonder 
    why 

    Do 
    those 
    who lie 
    here 

    know 
    why 
    did 
    they die 

    Did 
    they 
    believe 
    when 
    they 

    answered 
    the call 

    Did they 
    really 
    believe 
    that 

    this 
    war 
    would 
    end 
    wars 

    Well 
    the 
    sorrow, 
    the suf
    fering, 

    the glory, 
    the pain 

    The 
    killing 
    and 
    the 
    dying 

    were 
    all 
    done 
    in 
    vain 

    For 
    young 
    willie 
    mcbride 
    it 

    all 
    happened 
    again, 

    And 
    again 
    and 
    again 
    and 

    again 
    and 
    again 

    Verse 8
    Did they 
    beat 
    the drum 
    slowly 

    did 
    they 
    play 
    the 
    fife 
    lowly 

    Did 
    they 
    sound 
    the death 
    march 

    as 
    they 
    lowered 
    you down 

    Did 
    the band 
    play 
    the last 

    post 
    and 
    chorus 

    Did the 
    pipes 
    play 
    the 
    flower
    s of 
    the 
    forest 

    Outro 1




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