When Margaret Was Eleven chords by The Dubliners
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (B minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(G major) (D major)
Verse 1
My father (D major) said farewell
(B minor) and the band played tunes of (A major) glory (D major)
A giant (G major) man with rib (D major) bons,
bedeviled dignity (A major)
A (G major) regimental sergeant,
(D major) the backbone (G major) of the Empire
(D major) For (G major) God and righteous glory (D major)
bound for (A major) High Germany (D major)
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Verse 2
Sweet (D major) Lord, I was just seven (A major) when
(G major) Margaret was eleven (D major)
They served (G major) us war for breakfast (D major) and
soldiers' songs for (A major) tea
"Your father's (G major) gone campaign (D major) ing"
was a (G major) way of not explaining (D major)
That soldiers (G major) are the living
(D major) proof (A major) of our inhumanity
(D major)
Verse 3
My childhood passed away midst
the tales (B minor) and lurid stor (A major) ies (D major)
Of (G major) manufactured glor (D major) ies
and inhuman gallantry (A major)
I (G major) asked, "When is war over?",
(D major) but no (G major) one deemed to answer (D major) me
And (G major) Margaret played that dreaded
(D major) tune called (A major) High Germany (D major)
Verse 4
Sweet (D major) Lord, I was (A major) just seven when
(G major) Margaret was eleven (D major)
They served (G major) us war for breakfast (D major)
and soldiers' songs for (A major) tea
"Your (G major) father's gone campaigning" (D major)
was a (G major) way of not explaining (D major)
That soldiers (G major) are the living
(D major) proof (A major) of our inhumanity
(D major) (G major)
Interlude 1
(D major) (B minor) (G major) (D major) (A major)
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Verse 5
My (D major) father made it home,
but he came (B minor) without his reas (A major) (D major) on
Two (G major) eyes of molten (D major) madness,
a senseless fool (A major) of war
"He's (G major) just a child," my mother (D major) cried,
"to be dressed (G major) in full regalia
(D major) And paraded (G major) as a her (D major) o home
from (A major) High Germany" (D major)
Verse 6
Sweet (D major) Lord, I was just seven (A major)
when (G major) Margaret was eleven
(D major) They served (G major) us war for breakfast (D major)
and soldiers' songs for (A major) tea
"Your (G major) father's gone campaigning" (D major)
was a (G major) way of not explaining (D major)
That soldiers (G major) are the liv (D major) ing
proof (A major) of our inhumanity
(D major)
Verse 7
(G major) There'll be no tunes of glory
(D major) for Margaret (A major) and me
When Margaret Was Eleven
The Dubliners
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