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The Green Fields of France chords by
John Mcdermott
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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D

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Bm
Bm
2

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How do you do young
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willie mcbride,

Do you mind if I sit here down
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G

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by your graveside,
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2

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And rest for a while 'neath the
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warm summer sun,

I've been walking all day
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G

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and I'm nearly done
Bm
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I see by your gravestone
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Em
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you were only 19
A
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When you joined the great fall-in in 1916
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D

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Bm
Bm
2

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I hope you died well and I
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Em
Em

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hope you died clean
A
A

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Or young willie mcbride was
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G

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A
A

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it slow and obscene.
Bm
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2

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Did they
Verse 2
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A

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beat the drum slowly did they
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D

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play the fife lowly
A
A

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Did they sound the death march as
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they lowered you down
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Did the band play the last post
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and chorus
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D

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Did the pipes play the
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flowers of the forest
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Verse 3

Bm
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2

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Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
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In some faithful heart is
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G

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your memory enshrined
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Bm
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2

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A
A

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Although you died back in 1916
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In that faithful heart are you forever 19
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Or are you a stranger without even a name
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Enclosed then forever
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G

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A

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behind a glass frame
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Bm
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2

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In an old photograph torn,
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Em
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battered and stained
A
A

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And faded to yellow in a brown
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leather frame.
Verse 4
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A

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Did they beat the drum slowly
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did they play the fife lowly
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A
A

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Did they sound the death march
G
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A
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as they lowered you down
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G

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Did the band play the last
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Bm
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post and chorus
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D

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Did the pipes play the flowers
Interlude 1

of the forest
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Eb
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Verse 5
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Cm
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3

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Ab
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4

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The sun now it shines on the green
Bb
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fields of france

There's a warm summer breeze
Ab
Ab
4

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Eb
Eb
6

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makes the red poppies dance
Cm
Cm
3

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And look how the sun shines from
Ab
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Bb
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under the clouds

There's no gas, no barbwire,
Ab
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4

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Eb
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6

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there's no guns firing now
Cm
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3

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Ab
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4

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But here in this graveyard it's still
Fm
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no man's land
Bb
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The countless white crosses stand
Ab
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4

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Bb
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mute in the sand
Eb
Eb
6

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Cm
Cm
3

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To man's blind indifference
Ab
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4

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Fm
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to his fellow man
Bb
Bb

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To a whole generation that were
Ab
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4

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Cm
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3

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butchered and damned.
Verse 6
Bb
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Did they beat the drum slowly
Ab
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4

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Eb
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6

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did they play the fife lowly
Bb
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Did they sound the death march
Ab
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Bb
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as they lowered you down
Ab
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Did the band play the last
Eb
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Cm
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post and chorus
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Ab
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4

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Did the pipes play the flowers
Bb
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of the forest
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Verse 7

Cm
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3

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Now young willie mcbride
Ab
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Bb
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I can't help wonder why

Do those who lie here
Ab
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4

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Eb
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6

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know why did they die
Cm
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3

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Did they believe when they
Ab
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Bb
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answered the call

Did they really believe that
Ab
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4

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Eb
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this war would end wars
Cm
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Well the sorrow, the suffering,
Ab
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Fm
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the glory, the pain
Bb
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The killing and the dying
Ab
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Bb
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were all done in vain
Eb
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Cm
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For young willie mcbride it
Ab
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Fm
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all happened again,
Bb
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And again and again and
Ab
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Eb
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again and again
Verse 8
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Did they beat the drum slowly
Ab
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Eb
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did they play the fife lowly
Bb
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Did they sound the death march
Ab
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Bb
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as they lowered you down
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Did the band play the last
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Cm
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post and chorus
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Ab
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Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest
Outro 1
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Ab
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Bb
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Ab
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Ab
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Eb
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Cm
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Ab
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • Bm

    2

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • Eb

    6

  • Cm

    3

  • Ab

    4

  • Bb

  • Fm

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Green Fields of France by John McDermott is E major.

The primary chords used in The Green Fields of France are E, C#m, A, B, F#m, F.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like E, C#m, A, B, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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