The Levellers – The Recruiting Sergeant
G
Over the mountains
Am
And over the seas
C G
By Hercules transporter
C Am
To fight the Afghani
C G
With a rifle in my hand
Am Em
To set the country free
G Am
Its your picture in my pocket
D G
That means everything to me
G
So I fixed up the alarm
Am
And broken half way in
C G
When a security guard appears
C Am
And busts me on the chin
C G
He kicks me round and says
Am Em
Do you know the shit you’re in
G Am
I said I was on me arse mate
D G
Meant no offence to him
G
Over the mountains
Am
And over the seas
C G
By Hercules transporter
C Am
To fight the Afghani
C G
With a rifle in my hand
Am Em
To set the country free
G Am
Its your picture in my pocket
D G
That means everything to me
G
I know I’ve let you down babe
Am
Trying to make ends meat
C G
When I met this recruiting sergeant
C Am
By the courthouse on the street
C G
He said you’re a disgrace boy
Am Em
And that’s you’re fucking crime
G Am
Then somebody got the drinks in
D G
And I signed on the dotted line
G
Over the mountains
Am
And over the seas
C G
By Hercules transporter
C Am
To fight the Afghani
C G
With a rifle in my hand
Am Em
To set the country free
G Am
Its your picture in my pocket
D G
That means everything to me
G
Now I´m sucking dust in Helmand
Am
Dug into Lashkar Gar
C G
Where the local weed and opium
C Am
Beats any British bar
C G
I know as we lay there dreaming
Am Em
Im still in the pay of thieves
G Am
And Im rushing back to be with you
D G
Upon this desert breeze
G
Over the mountains
Am
And over the seas
C G
By Hercules transporter
C Am
To fight the Afghani
C G
With a rifle in my hand
Am Em
To set the country free
G Am
Its your picture in my pocket
D G
That means everything to me
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Don’t follow me to die boys
Am
In bloody Kandahar
C G
With the eerie glow of tracers
C Am
Lighting every wretched scar
C G
And say a prayer for me
Am Em
And cry each year this day
G Am
So if you see a recruiting sergeant boys
D G
Run, run away
G
Over the mountains
Am
And over the seas
C G
By Hercules transporter
C Am
To fight the Afghani
C G
With a rifle in my hand
Am Em
To set the country free
G Am
Its your picture in my pocket
D G
That means everything to me
G
Over the mountains
Am
And over the seas
C G
By Hercules transporter
C Am
To fight the Afghani
C G
With a rifle in my hand
Am Em
To set the country free
G Am
Its your picture in my pocket
D G
That means everything to me
G Am
Its your picture in my pocket
D G
That means everything to me
