Tonart: Ab major•
Verse 1
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Eb
Cm
C
Now, my boys,
if you will listen,
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I'll sing you a little song.
Gm
F
Fm
So sit you down a while here,
C
Eb
I'll not detain you long.
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C
Ab
I was serving in the in fantry,
was told I would receive.
Eb
Ab
With all the other blokes,
C
Fm
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C
the weekend's embarkation leave.
It's here, Jim, it's here, Jim,
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it's the second front for you.
Fm
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
C
Ab
we're the boys to see it through.
Fm
C
It won't take long to finish it,
Ab
Eb
when we have got their range.
Ab
Eb
Ab
And then we can all go home
Eb
Ab
C
and live like humans for a change
Ab
So I packed me bag at the double
Gm
and I was ready soon
Eb
Ab
I took me place in an army truck
Eb
Ab
with the rest of my platoon
Nobody made much noise that trip,
Eb
the driver heeded blind
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We were all too busy thinking
C
of the ones we'd leave behind
Cm
C
It's here, chum, it's here, chum,
Ab
Fm
it's the second front for you
Ab
Eb
Gb
Fm
Inspired of that old Atlantic war
Ab
with the boys to see it through
C
It won't take long to finish it
Fm
when we have got their range
Eb
Ab
And then we can all go home
and live like humans for a change
Dbm
C
Ab
When we reached the railway station,
Eb
the queue was two miles long
Ab
Gb
They'd have filled the Wembley Stadium
Ab
and still left quite a throng
C
It's every man for himself,
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lads, Craig Corbett all much shame
So we rushed that crowd with a roar
Eb
Ab
and tore our way into the train
C
It's here, Jim, it's here, Jim,
Gm
it's the second front for you
Eb
Gb
In spired of that old Atlantic war
Ab
for the boys to see it through
C
Ab
It won't take long to finish it
Eb
when we have got their range
Ab
An d then we can all go home
C
and live like humans for a change
Ab
We were all packed in the corridor,
it was 80 in the shade
The seats had all been taken
by the chewing gum brigade
C
They smoked their camel
and petted with their jeans
Eb
Ab
C
An d looked at us as though
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C
we were something crept out of the drains
It's here, chum, it's here,
chum,
Ab
Gm
it's the second front for you
Ab
Gb
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
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Eb
we're the boys to see it through
Ab
C
It won't take long to finish it
Ab
C
when we have got their range
Ab
An d then we can all go home
C
and live like humans for a change
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C
For eleven long hours we stood there
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an d watched the field slip by
Gb
We were packed so close
we couldn't even smoke,
C
And all the time the Yanks
talked big
Ab
and boasted they were toffs
And wrestled with their duties
now and then between the stops
C
It's here, chum, it's here,
chum,
Ab
it's the second front for you
Gb
Ab
Gb
In spired of that old Atlantic
Ab
war
were the boys to see it through
C
It won't take long to finish it
Ab
Eb
when we hook up their range
Ab
And then we can all go home
and live like humans for a change
Dbm
C
Ab
At last the train reached Manchester,
the station was exchanged
Gb
Ab
Fm
Ab
It was too late to get a car or bus
Eb
Ab
to Wally Range
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Ab
I tried to flag a tax i,
Fm
but I didn't stand a chance
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C
Cm
They'd all been commandeered
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C
to take the Yanks home from a dance
Dbm
Ab
It's here, Jim, it's here,
Gb
it's the second front for you
Ab
Fm
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
Eb
Ab
we're the boys to see it through
C
It won't take long to finish it
Ab
Eb
when we have got their range
Ab
And then we can all go home
C
and live like humans for a change
Ab
So I humped me back upon me back
and made to cross the street
And just escaped a sudden death
from a madly driven jeep
C
Ab
But the thought of nearly waiting
made happiness arise
Eb
And my heart was beating pleasantly
C
at the thought of her surprise
Dbm
C
It's here, chum, it's here, chum,
Ab
it's the second front for you
Gb
In spite of that old Atlantic wall
Ab
for the boys to see it through
C
It won't take long to finish it
Ab
when we have got the range
Eb
And then we can all go home
Ab
Eb
C
and live like humans for a change
Ab
Dbm
Ab
I let myself in quietly
and tiptoed up the stairs
The thought of being home again
Eb
had banished all my cares
Ab
C
In the bedroom then I murmured,
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Eb
now your soldier boy has come
Ab
When a voice replied in sharp surprise,
C
say now, who is this bum?
Ab
C
It's itchum, it's itchum,
Gb
it's the second front for you
Ab
In spite of that old Atlantic wall
with a voice to see it through
C
It won't take long to finish it
Ab
when we have got the range
And then we can all go home
C
and live like humans for a change
Ab
For a moment I stood speechless
there
and rooted to the ground
Ab
And then I switched the lights on,
Gb
Ab
and what do you think I found?
C
My little Nell was lying there,
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Gb
exposing all her charms
Ab
C
Like the famous whore of Babylon
Eb
Ab
C
and a Yankee MP's arms
Fm
C
It's here, chum, it's here, chum,
Eb
it's the second front for you
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
Eb
with a voice to see it through
C
It won't take long to finish it,
Ab
when we have got their range
Eb
And then we can all go home
C
and live like humans for a change
This geezer looked me over,
and then sat bolt upright
Ab
He was wearing my pyjamas,
Ab
the ones with the purple stripe
C
He made a sudden movement,
then tried to grab his gun
Eb
When I landed him a good straight left
and stopped his bleeding fun
It's here, chum, it's here, chum,
it's the second crumb for you
In spite of that old Atlantic war,
we're the boys to see it through
Ab
Dbm
It won't take long to finish it,
when we have got their range
And then we can all go home
and live like humans for a change
My story's nearly over,
there's little more to tell
I wasn't wearing any overtures
from little Mel
But every time I think of her
with grief my body fills
But she'll do alright
as long as there's a yank to pay the bill
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