Song: Butcher's tale (Western Front 1914)
Artist: The Zombies
Composer: Chris White
Album: Odessey & oracle
Tabbed by: DJ
15th Aug 2012
Dm = xx0231 G/B = x20033
G = 320033 G * = 32003x
F = 133211 G4 = 32001x
Bb = x13331 Cm7/Eb = xx1313
A = x02220 Cm6/Eb = xx1213
Asus2 = x02200 Cm/Eb = xx1013
Dm/C = x30231 D/A = x00232
[For the Cm7/Eb and Cm6/Eb barre at the 1st fret]
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[Intro]
Dm G Dm G
e|-------1---3---------|-------1---3----------| [x2]
B|-------3---3---------|-------3---3----------|
G|-------2---0---------|-------2---0----------|
D|---0---0---0---3--2--|---0---0---0---3--2---|
A|-----------2---------|-----------2----------|
E|-----------3---------|-----------3----------|
[Verse 1]
Dm G Dm G
A butcher, yes, that was my trade,
F Bb F A
But the King's shilling is now my fee,
Dm G Dm G
A butcher I may as well have stayed,
F G A A Asus2 A
For the slaughter that I see!
[Verse 2]
Dm G Dm G
And the preacher, in his pulpit,
F Bb F A
Sermoned, "Go and fight! Do what is right!"
Dm G Dm G
But he don't have to hear these guns,
F G A A Asus2 A
And I'll bet he sleeps at night!
[Chorus]
Am Dm Dm/C
And I----, and I can't stop shaking,
G/B Bb
My hands won't stop shaking,
Dm Dm/C G/B Bb
My arms won't stop shaking, my mind won't stop shaking,
Am G * G * G4 G *
I want to go home,
F Cm7/Eb Cm6/Eb Cm/Eb D/A
Please, let me go home-----------------, go home!
[Break]
Dm G Dm G
e|-------1---3---------|-------1---3----------| [x2]
B|-------3---3---------|-------3---3----------|
G|-------2---0---------|-------2---0----------|
D|---0---0---0---3--2--|---0---0---0---3--2---|
A|-----------2---------|-----------2----------|
E|-----------3---------|-----------3----------|
[Verse 3]
Dm G Dm G
And I have seen a friend of mine...
F Bb F A
...Hang on the wire, like some rag toy,
Dm G Dm G
Then, in the heat, the flies come down,
F G A A Asus2 A
And cover up the boy!
[Verse 4]
Dm G Dm G
And the flies come down in Gommecourt, Thiepval,
F Bb F A
Mametz Wood and French Ver -dun,
Dm G Dm G
If the preacher he could see those flies,
F G A A Asus2 A
'Wouldn't preach for the sound of guns!
[Chorus]
Am Dm Dm/C
And I----, and I can't stop shaking,
G/B Bb
My hands won't stop shaking,
Dm Dm/C G/B Bb
My arms won't stop shaking, my mind won't stop shaking,
Am G * G * G4 G *
I want to go home,
F Cm7/Eb Cm6/Eb Cm/Eb D/A
Please, let me go home-----------------, go home!
