Standard Tuning. All chords are open chords. I am unsure of
the fill section at the end of each chorus - but I think its
based around a 'C-shape' sliding upto a D (comments please).
Catch later Andrew.
Intro
G played lightly.
Verse 1
C
The colonel said 'these bodies stink'
D G
Won't someone come and drag them away
C
We tried to clean em' out but the more I stare
D G
And the English colonel turns the other way
C
Oh the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
D G
Well I ran for the trench but I did not turn to speak
C
Well my heart said 'yes' but my head said 'no'
D G
When the English colonel said 'its time to go'
Chorus
D Dsus4 Am
He said 'what's a few men?'
C Em
said 'what's a few men?'
D Dsus4 Am
said 'what's a few men?'
C D (fill bit)
said 'what's a few men?'
Verse 1
C
The colonel's job is never done'
D G
So he declares time out on Christmas day
C
We held the enemy in our arms
D G
And we ploughed each others dead into the clay
C
Oh the lord said that death will be no longer
D G
And all of these things will pass away
C
There'll be no sorrow and there'll be no pain
D G
And we'll swap cigarettes on Christmas day
C
Well my heart said 'yes' but my head said 'no'
D G
When the English colonel said 'its time to go'
Chorus
Chords till outro end on G
Composição de Hunters & Collectors/Mark Seymour