Key: C major
Verse 1
C
Em
Up and down the Strand
Am
F
I strolled around penniless
C
Em
But there were pockets to pick
C
F
Beneath the hot august sun
C
Em
Am
When suddenly the sound of singing
C
Em
And it drew me towards it
C
F
And as I drew closer I could
Verse 2
hear the song they sang,
C
Am
G
"This is your country too!
C
G
Join our procession
Am
G
That's marching onwards to war"
Verse 3
C
Em
I could see them
Am
F
I saw how rich they all were
C
Em
At the the head of the gang were
Am
C
F
Top civil servants and
captains of industry
C
Em
Am
With well- manicured hands and greasy
Verse 4
C
Em
"Come buy our shares!
Am
F
Who will buy our shares?
Verse 5
C
G
For this is your country too!"
C
G
A great procession was
Am
G
marching onwards to war
Verse 6
C
G
F
C
A man on the dole stood cursing them all
G
F
C
He told everyone not to be taken in
G
F
But at the orders of one of the
G
C
marchers policemen
G
F
G
C
Came and beat him to the floor
Am
G
Interlude 1
C
G
Am
G
Verse 7
C
Em
Am
Along Whitehall these dubious
C
Em
Am
Picking up more and more people
C
F
MP's, careerists and god's
Verse 8
oppressed senators
C
Em
Am
With the sweetest of smiles they held
C
Em
Am
But as they took them the stomping stamping
Verse 9
C
F
G
"This is your country too!"
C
G
A great procession was
Am
G
marching onwards to war
Verse 10
C
G
F
"Come along buy your
G
F
C
They said to a half- dead mother of ten
F
G
reason to smile"
C
G
F
G
They said to a tramp in a pool of alcohol
Verse 11
F
Am
G
C
G
On and on their maniac laughs
Am
G
C
And their marching beat scaring the night
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