Tonalidad: A major
Verse 1
D
Dsus4
C
D
King Henry marched forth,
C
a sword in his hand
Dsus4
D
Two thousand horsemen all
C
at his command
D
C
In a fortnight the rivers ran
D
Red through the land
C
The year fifteen hundred
G
D
C
Dsus4
and twenty
D
The year it is
Verse 2
now nineteen sixty-five
Dsus4
C
D
It's It's easier far to stay half-alive
C
D
C
Just Just keep your mouth shut while
D
The planes zoom and dive
C
Ten thousand miles over
Dsus4
D
C
D
the ocean
Verse 3
D
Simon was drafted in sixty-three
C
D
C
In In sixty-four, sent sent over the sea
D
C
D
Last month this letter he sent to me
C
He said "You won't like
D
what I'm sayin'"
He said "We've no friends here
Dsus4
No hardly a one
C
D
We've got a few generals who
C
Just want our guns
Dsus4
D
C
But it'll take more than that
D
If we're ever to win
C
Why we'll have to flatten the
D
C
D
country"
Verse 4
D
"It's my own troops I have
To watch out for", he said
C
D
"I sleep with a pistol
C
right under my head"
D
C
He wrote this last month
D
Last week he was dead
C
D
C
D
And Simon came home in a casket
Verse 5
D
C
I mind my own business, I watch my TV
Dsus4
D
Com plain about taxes but pay anyway
C
Dsus4
D
C
In a civilized manner my
D
forefathers betrayed
C
Dsus4
D
C
Who long ago struggled for freedom
Verse 6
D
But each day a new headline
C
Screams at my bluff
Dsus4
D
On TV some general says
C
"We must be tough"
Dsus4
D
C
D
In my dreams I stare at this family I love
C
All gutted and spattered
D
C
D
with napalm
Verse 7
D
King Henry marched forth,
C
a sword in his hand
D
Two thousand horsemen
C
all at his command
D
C
In a fortnight the rivers ran
D
Red through the land
C
G
D
The year fifteen hundred and twenty
Verse 8
D
The year it is now nineteen sixty-five
C
D
C
It's It's easier far to stay half alive
D
C
Just keep your mouth shut while
D
The planes zoom and dive
C
D
C
D
Ten thousand miles over the ocean
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