first tab , sorry if it’s a bit wrong! i think it’s more accurate than the version on
here already , the only thing to note is the F is a single strum , which goes quickly into
the C . if you listen to the song , you’ll know what i’m talking about .

C G
it was just before dawn
C
one miserable morning in black ’forty four .

when the forward commander
G
was told to sit tight
C F C
when he asked that his men be withdrawn .
C G
and the generals gave thanks
C
as the other ranks held back

the enemy tanks for a while .

and the anzio bridgehead
G
was held for the price
C
of a few hundred ordinary lives .

C G
and kind old king george
C
sent mother a note

when he heard that father was gone .
C G
it was , i recall ,
C
in the form of a scroll ,
F C
with gold leaf and all .
C G
and i found it one day
C
in a drawer of old photographs , hidden away .
C G
and my eyes still grow damp to remember
C
his majesty signed

with his own rubber stamp .

C
it was dark all around .
G
there was frost in the ground
C
when the tigers broke free .
C G
and no one survived
C F C
from the royal fusiliers company C .
C G
they were all left behind ,
C
most of them dead ,

the rest of them dying .
C G
and that’s how the high command
C
took my Daddy from me .