Intro
G played lightly.
Verse 1
C
The colonel said "these bodies stink"
D G
Won't someone come and drag them away
C
We tried to clean em' out but the more I stare
D G
And the English colonel looks the other way
C
Oh the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
D G
Well I ran for the trench but I'd no time to speak
C
Well my heart said "yes" but my head said "no"
D G
When the English colonel said "its time to go"
Chorus
D Dsus4 Am
He said "what's a few men?"
C Em
said "what's a few men?"
D Dsus4 Am
said "what's a few men?"
C D (fill bit)
said "what's a few men?"
Verse 1
C
The colonel's job is never done
D G
So he declares time out on Christmas day
C
We held the enemy in our arms
D G
And we ploughed each others dead into the clay
C
Oh the lord said that death will be no longer
D G
And all of these things will pass away
C
There'll be no sorrow and there'll be no pain
D G
And we'll swap cigarettes on Christmas day
C
Well my heart said "yes" but my head said "no"
D G
When the English colonel said "its time to go"
Chorus
Chords till outro end on
G
