Tonart: A major
Verse 1
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King Henry marched forth,
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a sword in his hand
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Two thousand horsemen all
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at his command
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In a fortnight the rivers ran
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Red through the land
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The year fifteen hundred
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and twenty
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The year it is
Verse 2
now nineteen sixty-five
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It's It's easier far to stay half-alive
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Just Just keep your mouth shut while
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The planes zoom and dive
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Ten thousand miles over
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the ocean
Verse 3
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Simon was drafted in sixty-three
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In In sixty-four, sent sent over the sea
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Last month this letter he sent to me
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He said "You won't like
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what I'm sayin'"
He said "We've no friends here
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No hardly a one
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We've got a few generals who
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Just want our guns
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But it'll take more than that
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If we're ever to win
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Why we'll have to flatten the
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country"
Verse 4
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"It's my own troops I have
To watch out for", he said
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"I sleep with a pistol
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right under my head"
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He wrote this last month
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Last week he was dead
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And Simon came home in a casket
Verse 5
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I mind my own business, I watch my TV
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Com plain about taxes but pay anyway
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In a civilized manner my
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forefathers betrayed
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Who long ago struggled for freedom
Verse 6
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But each day a new headline
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Screams at my bluff
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On TV some general says
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"We must be tough"
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In my dreams I stare at this family I love
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All gutted and spattered
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with napalm
Verse 7
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King Henry marched forth,
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a sword in his hand
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Two thousand horsemen
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all at his command
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In a fortnight the rivers ran
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Red through the land
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The year fifteen hundred and twenty
Verse 8
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The year it is now nineteen sixty-five
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It's It's easier far to stay half alive
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Just keep your mouth shut while
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The planes zoom and dive
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Ten thousand miles over the ocean
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