Transpose0
Capo0
Intro
C / / / G# / / / C / / /
Verse 1
CIt was just before dawn
G#One miserable morning in black
CForty-four
CWhen the forward commander
F/CWas told to sit tight
CWhen they asked his men withdrawn
CAnd the generals gave thanks
G#As the other ranks
CHeld back the enemy tanks for a while
CAnd the Anzio Bridgehead
G#Was held for the price
COf a few hundred ordinary lives
Verse 2
CAnd kind old King George
GSent Mother a note when
CHe heard that Father was gone
G
CIt was, I recall
GIn the form of a scroll
CWith gold leaf and all
CAnd I found it one day
G#In a drawer of old photographs
CHidden away
Verse 3
CAnd my eyes still grow damp
G#To remember
CHis Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp
CIt was dark all around
GThere was frost on the ground
CWhen the Tigers broke free
G
CAnd no-one survived from the Royal Fusiliers
GCompany "C"
CThey were all left behind
GMost of them dead
CThe rest of them dying
CAnd that's how the high command
GTook my daddy from me
C
Outro
C / / / G# / / / C / / /