Yesteryear Is NearCifra de Cavaquinho

Intro 

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Verso 1:

C                    Gm 
Cheerio Charlie, I'm off to fight the war 
    Am 
I'm going to live on bully beef 
    G                                C 
I'm going to wipe the floor with any Hun 
                  Gm 
Or German son who knocks upon the door 



        Dm 
They're coming in the Kitchener 
G                  C 
Whispering in your ear 
G             C 
Yesteryear is near 


Ponte:

    Am 
You dream of skinny mademoiselles 
Am 
You filthy scallywag 
                                   G 
Take their bloody bloomers off and wave them like a flag 
    Am 
And when this is all over we will toast in vin du rouge 
Am 
And piccolo the derrière 
     G 
'Cos some of them are huge 

Verso 2:

C                  Gm 
Toodle-oo Tommy, until we meet again 
    Am 
And if we shouldn't make it back 
G 
Let's say, 'Up The Kaiser' 
         C 
And I'll say hello to your old gal 
       Gm 
You'll say, 'Farewell' to mine 



        Dm 
They're coming in the Kitchener 
G                  C 
Whispering in your ear 
G             C 
Yesteryear is near 



Outro 

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