Chris de Burgh – Chain Of Command (Guitar)

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Here lies poor John, John from Aberdeen,

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He gave his life for King and Country,

C   D      Em
Only seventeen;

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Well the Generals sat down with their Port and a bottle of wine,

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"We have a problem here right now,

                          Em
And we're running out of time,

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This madman of a Leader keeps changing our battle plans,

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And the King said he wants no more of this troublesome man";

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So they called for the Captain and told him,

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"We need a volunteer; our Leader is a traitor,

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And he must be gone from here;

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A simple execution, but nothing can be seen."

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So they gave the job to John from Aberdeen;

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And he said, "Oh no, it must be done,

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Justice coming from the barrel of a gun;

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Oh no what can I do, someone has to pull the trigger,

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Blame it on the Chain of Command,

C
I will have to pull the trigger,

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Blame it on the Chain of Command!"

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Right then at the killing poor John was taken by surprise,

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And they told him in prison "Your story is a pack of lies!"

         C
And the General said in the Courtroom,

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"For this murder you will pay,

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You'll be shot at dawn, do you have anything to say?"

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And John said "I was only following orders,

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And I knew that it was wrong,

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But what else could I do?

     D
And now my life has gone."

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Oh no, what has he done,

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He killed a man with a bullet from a gun,

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Oh no, what could he do, someone had to pull the trigger,

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Blame it on the Chain of Command;

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Oh Oh Oh no, it has been done,

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Justice coming from the barrel of a gun,

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Oh no, what could he do?

C
Someone had to pull the trigger,

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Blame it on the Chain of Command!

C
Someone had to pull the trigger,

D                              G
Blame it on the Chain of Command!"

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