Butchers Tale

G     = 320033    G *    = 32003x
F     = 133211    G4     = 32001x
Bb    = x13331    Cm7/Eb = xx1313
A     = x02220    Cm6/Eb = xx1213
Asus2 = x02200    Cm/Eb  = xx1013
Dm/C  = x30231    D/A    = x00232

[For the Cm7/Eb and Cm6/Eb barre at 
the 1st fret]

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[Intro]
        Dm   G                  
E|-------1---3---------|-------1--
B|-------3---3---------|-------3--
G|-------2---0---------|-------2--
D|---0---0---0---3--2--|---0---0--
A|-----------2---------|----------
E|-----------3---------|----------
  Dm G
E|-3----------| [x2] 
B|-3----------|      
G|-0----------|      
D|-0---3--2---|      
A|-2----------|      
E|-3----------|      


[Verse 1]
    Dm      G        Dm       G
A butcher, yes, that was my trade,
         F       Bb         F     
But the King's shilling is now my 
 A
fee,
    Dm       G      Dm         G
A butcher I may as well have stayed,
           F       G      A     A
For the slaughter that I see!
  Asus2 A



[Verse 2]
          Dm       G       Dm     G
And the preacher, in his pulpit,
            F      Bb        F   
Sermoned, "Go and fight! Do what 
     A
is right!"
    Dm        G       Dm     
But he don't have to hear these 
    G
guns,
          F       G        A      
And I'll bet he sleeps at night!
A Asus2 A



[Chorus]
   Am          Dm            Dm/C
And I----, and I can't stop shaking,
    G/B                Bb
My hands won't stop shaking,
   Dm               Dm/C       
My arms won't stop shaking, my 
G/B               Bb
mind won't stop shaking,
   Am         G *     G * G4  G *
I want to go home,
         F       
Please, let me go 
 Cm7/Eb  Cm6/Eb  Cm/Eb     D/A
home-----------------, go home!


[Break]
        Dm   G                  
E|-------1---3---------|-------1--
B|-------3---3---------|-------3--
G|-------2---0---------|-------2--
D|---0---0---0---3--2--|---0---0--
A|-----------2---------|----------
E|-----------3---------|----------
  Dm G
E|-3----------| [x2] 
B|-3----------|      
G|-0----------|      
D|-0---3--2---|      
A|-2----------|      
E|-3----------|      


[Verse 3]
   Dm       G       Dm       G
And I have seen a friend of mine...
        F       Bb         F     
...Hang on the wire, like some 
   A
rag toy,
      Dm      G         Dm       
Then, in the heat, the flies come
   G
 down,
      F   G       A     A  Asus2 A
And cover up the boy!


[Verse 4]
         Dm         G    
And the flies come down in 
     Dm          G
Gommecourt, Thiepval,
  F     Bb        F          A
Mametz Wood and French Ver -dun,
         Dm     G        Dm      
If the preacher he could see 
    G
those flies,
            F              G    
'Wouldn't preach for the sound of 
   A     A Asus2 A
guns!


[Chorus]
   Am          Dm            Dm/C
And I----, and I can't stop shaking,
    G/B                Bb
My hands won't stop shaking,
   Dm               Dm/C       
My arms won't stop shaking, my 
G/B               Bb
mind won't stop shaking,
   Am         G *     G * G4  G *
I want to go home,
         F       
Please, let me go 
 Cm7/Eb  Cm6/Eb  Cm/Eb     D/A
home-----------------, go home!