G C G C G C G C G [Verse] C G C My father sailed away, the band played tunes of glory F C G F A giant man with ribbons, bedevilled dignity C F C A regimental sergeant, the backbone of the Empire F C G C G For god and righteous glory, bound for High Germany [Chorus] C G F C F Sweet lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven C G F They served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea C F C F "Your father's gone campaigning", was a way of not explaining C G C That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity [Verse] G C My childhood passed away midst the tales and lurid stories F C G F Of manufactured glories and inhuman gallantry C F C F I asked, "When is war over?", but no one deemed to answer me C G C G And Margaret played that dreaded tune called High Germany [Chorus] C G F C F Sweet lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven C G F They served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea C F C F "Your father's gone campaigning", was a way of not explaining C G C That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity [Instrumental] G C G C G C G C G [Verse] C G C My father made it home, but he came without his reason F C G F Two eyes of molten madness, a senseless fool of war C F C "He's just a child," my mother cried, "to be dressed in full regalia F C G C G And paraded as a hero, home from High Germany" [Chorus] C G F C F Sweet lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven C G F They served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea C F C F "Your father's gone campaigning", was a way of not explaining C G C That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity [Chorus] G F C F Sweet lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven C G F They served us war for breakfast, aye, and soldiers' songs for tea C F C F "Your father's gone campaigning", was a way of not explaining C G C That soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity F C G C There'll be no tunes of glory for Margaret and me
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