Album Name : A Few Old Songs for Very New Times
Release Date : 2010-12-06
Song Duration : 5:02
Eric Bogle All The Fine Young Men
They (C)told all the (G)fine young (Am)men,(A2)(Am) (Dm) "Ah, when this war is (G)over, (G4) (G5) (C) There (G)will be (Am)peace,(A2)(Am) (Dm) And the peace will last for(G)ever." (C) In (G)Flan(F)ders (C)Fields,(C/B) (Am) At (Dm)Lone Pine and Ber(G)sheeba,(hold) For (C)king and (Dm)country, (C)Honour and for (F)duty, The (C)young men fought and (G)cursed and wept and (F)died. (hold)
They (C)told all the (G)fine young (Am)men,(A2)(Am) (Dm) "Ah, when this war is (G)over, (G4) (G5) In your (C)country´s (G)grateful (Am)heart(A2)(Am) (Dm) We will cherish you for(G)ever." To(C)bruk and (G)A(F)la(C)mein,(C/B) (Am) (Dm)Bhuna and Ko(G)koda,(hold) In a (C)world mad with (Dm)war, Like their (C)fathers be(F)fore, The (C)young men fought and (G)cursed and wept and (F)died. (hold) - Instrumental verse -
For (C)many of those (G)fine young (Am)men,(A2)(Am) (Dm) All the wars are (G)over, (G4) (G5) (C) They´ve (G)found their (Am)peace,(A2)(Am) (Dm) It´s the peace that lasts for(G)ever. When the (C)call (G)comes (F)a(C)gain,(C/B) (Am) (Dm)They will not (G)answer,(hold) They´re (C)just forgotten (Dm)bones, Lying (C)far from their (F)homes, For(C)gotten as the (G)cause for which they (F)died. (hold) Ah, (F)Bluey, can you (G)see now why they (C)lied?