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Intro

G played lightly.

Verse 1

The colonel said "these bodies stink"

Won't someone come and drag them away

We tried to clean em' out but the more I stare

And the English colonel looks the other way

Oh the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

Well I ran for the trench but I'd no time to speak

Well my heart said "yes" but my head said "no"

When the English colonel said "its time to go"

Chorus

He said "what's a few men?"

said "what's a few men?"

said "what's a few men?"

said "what's a few men?"

Verse 1

The colonel's job is never done

So he declares time out on Christmas day

We held the enemy in our arms

And we ploughed each others dead into the clay

Oh the lord said that death will be no longer

And all of these things will pass away

There'll be no sorrow and there'll be no pain

And we'll swap cigarettes on Christmas day

Well my heart said "yes" but my head said "no"

When the English colonel said "its time to go"

Chorus

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