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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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