The Green Fields of France chords by
John Mcdermott

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Key: E major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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How do you do  young
G G 
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A A 
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willie mcbride,
Do you mind if I sit here down
G G 
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D D 
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by your graveside,
Bm Bm 2
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And rest for a while 'neath the
G G 
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A A 
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warm summer sun,
I've been walking all day
G G 
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D D 
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and I'm nearly done
Bm Bm 2
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I see by your gravestone
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Em Em 
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you were only 19
A A 
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G G 
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A A 
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When you joined the great fall-in in 1916
D 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
G G 
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A A 
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it slow and obscene.
Bm Bm 2
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Did they

Verse 2
A A 
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beat the drum slowly did they
G G 
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D D 
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play the fife lowly
A A 
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G G 
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A A 
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they lowered you down
G G 
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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and chorus
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A A 
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flowers of the forest
D D 
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Verse 3
Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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Did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
A A 
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In some faithful heart is
G G 
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your memory enshrined
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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G G 
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A A 
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Although you died back in 1916
G G 
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A A 
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G G 
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D D 
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In that faithful heart are you forever 19
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G G 
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Em Em 
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Or are you a stranger without even a name
A A 
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Enclosed then forever
G G 
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A A 
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behind a glass frame
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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In an old photograph torn,
G G 
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Em Em 
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battered and stained
A A 
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G G 
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And faded to yellow in a brown
A A 
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leather frame.

Verse 4
A A 
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Did they beat the drum slowly
G G 
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did they play the fife lowly
D D 
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A A 
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Did they sound the death march
G G 
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A A 
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as they lowered you down
G G 
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Did the band play the last
D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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post and chorus
D D 
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G G 
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Did the pipes play the flowers

Interlude 1

of the forest

Verse 5
Eb Eb 6
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Cm Cm 3
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Ab Ab 4
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The sun now it shines on the green
Bb 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 Ab 4
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Bb Bb 
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under the clouds
There's no gas, no barbwire,
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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there's no guns firing now
Cm Cm 3
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Ab Ab 4
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But here in this graveyard it's still
Fm Fm 
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no  man's land
Bb Bb 
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The countless white crosses stand
Ab Ab 4
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Bb 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 Ab 4
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Fm Fm 
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to his fellow man
Bb Bb 
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To a whole generation that were
Ab Ab 4
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Cm Cm 3
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butchered and damned.

Verse 6
Bb Bb 
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Did they beat the drum slowly
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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did they play the fife lowly
Bb Bb 
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Did they sound the death march
Ab Ab 4
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Bb Bb 
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as they lowered you down
Ab Ab 4
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Did the band play the last
Eb Eb 6
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Cm Cm 3
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post and chorus
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Did the pipes play the flowers
Bb Bb 
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of the forest
Eb Eb 6
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Verse 7
Cm Cm 3
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Now young willie mcbride
Ab Ab 4
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Bb Bb 
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I can't help wonder why
Do those who lie here
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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know why did they die
Cm Cm 3
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Did they believe when they
Ab Ab 4
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Bb Bb 
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answered the call
Did they really believe that
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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this war would end wars
Cm Cm 3
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Well the sorrow, the suffering,
Ab Ab 4
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Fm Fm 
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the glory, the pain
Bb Bb 
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The killing and the dying
Ab Ab 4
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Bb Bb 
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were all done in vain
Eb Eb 6
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Cm Cm 3
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For young willie mcbride it
Ab Ab 4
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Fm Fm 
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all happened again,
Bb Bb 
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And again and again and
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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again and again

Verse 8
Bb Bb 
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Did they beat the drum slowly
Ab Ab 4
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Eb Eb 6
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did they play the fife lowly
Bb Bb 
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Did they sound the death march
Ab Ab 4
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Bb Bb 
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as they lowered you down
Ab Ab 4
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Did the band play the last
Eb Eb 6
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Cm Cm 3
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post and chorus
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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Bb Bb 
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Did the pipes play the flowers of the forest

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