Key: Ab major•
Verse 1
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Now, my boys,
if you will listen,
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Fm
So sit you down a while here,
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I'll not detain you long.
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I was serving in the in fantry,
was told I would receive.
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With all the other blokes,
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the weekend's embarkation leave.
It's here, Jim, it's here, Jim,
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we're the boys to see it through.
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It won't take long to finish it,
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Eb
when we have got their range.
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And then we can all go home
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C
and live like humans for a change
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I took me place in an army truck
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with the rest of my platoon
Nobody made much noise that trip,
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It's here, chum, it's here, chum,
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Fm
it's the second front for you
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Eb
Gb
Fm
Inspired of that old Atlantic war
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And then we can all go home
and live like humans for a change
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When we reached the railway station,
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Gb
They'd have filled the Wembley Stadium
So we rushed that crowd with a roar
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and tore our way into the train
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Gb
In spired of that old Atlantic war
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It won't take long to finish it
it was 80 in the shade
The seats had all been taken
by the chewing gum brigade
and petted with their jeans
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Ab
C
An d looked at us as though
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C
we were something crept out of the drains
It's here, chum, it's here,
chum,
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Gm
it's the second front for you
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Gb
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
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Eb
we're the boys to see it through
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C
It won't take long to finish it
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C
when we have got their range
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For eleven long hours we stood there
we couldn't even smoke,
talked big
And wrestled with their duties
now and then between the stops
chum,
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Gb
In spired of that old Atlantic
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war
were the boys to see it through
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Eb
when we hook up their range
and live like humans for a change
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At last the train reached Manchester,
the station was exchanged
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It was too late to get a car or bus
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Ab
to Wally Range
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I tried to flag a tax i,
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Cm
They'd all been commandeered
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C
to take the Yanks home from a dance
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It's here, Jim, it's here,
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Fm
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
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we're the boys to see it through
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when we have got their range
and made to cross the street
And just escaped a sudden death
from a madly driven jeep
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But the thought of nearly waiting
made happiness arise
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C
It's here, chum, it's here, chum,
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Eb
C
and live like humans for a change
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I let myself in quietly
and tiptoed up the stairs
The thought of being home again
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In the bedroom then I murmured,
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Eb
now your soldier boy has come
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C
It's itchum, it's itchum,
with a voice to see it through
And then we can all go home
there
and rooted to the ground
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and what do you think I found?
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Gb
exposing all her charms
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Like the famous whore of Babylon
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and a Yankee MP's arms
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It's here, chum, it's here, chum,
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
This geezer looked me over,
and then sat bolt upright
then tried to grab his gun
and stopped his bleeding fun
It's here, chum, it's here, chum,
it's the second crumb for you
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
we're the boys to see it through
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Dbm
It won't take long to finish it,
when we have got their range
And then we can all go home
and live like humans for a change
My story's nearly over,
there's little more to tell
I wasn't wearing any overtures
from little Mel
But every time I think of her
with grief my body fills
But she'll do alright
as long as there's a yank to pay the bill
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TunerE A D G B E
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