Ralph McTell – Masks And Gowns (Guitar)

      C
When we're at war a soldier's gun

    F
Protects him from what might be done

       C                                G
By an unseen enemy waiting to take him down

     C
But look at the workers in the N.H.S.

 F
Marigold hands and Bin bag vests

    C       G              C
No PPE and not enough masks and gowns

  C
Promising there's enough supplies

 F
Denies what we see with our own eyes

C                  D7                   G
Truth would be a breath of sweet fresh air

C
Hold up your hands, admit mistakes

F
Denial adds to each heartbreak

C                              G              C
Loved ones fighting for their very lives out there

F
Bang on the drum do what you can

C
Stand at your door and clap your hands

         D7                                    G
It's the way to tell 'em we think you are the best

C
Stick to the rules, support the cause

F                    D7
Keep your distance, stay indoors

     C                 G                   C
And thank your lucky stars you've got the NHS

          C
There's statues of heroes in every town

 F
Time we had one in a mask and gown

  C                              G
Stood with Nelson in Trafalgar Square

C
Each carer, doctor, nurse who's died

 F
Carve their names with grateful pride

 C                 G                C
Their sacrifice almost too much to bear

C
What a carer earns fills me with rage

F
Risking their lives for the minimum wage

C                                   G
Holding the frontline with no barricades

C
All for the want of a gown or mask

F
Surely it's not too much to ask

      C            G                 C
The bravest carry on though still afraid

F
Bang your drum, do what you can

C
Stand at your door and clap your hands

                        D7                G
It's the way to say we think you are the best

C
Stick to the rules, support the cause

F                    D7
Keep your distance, stay indoors

     C                 G                   C
And thank your lucky stars we've got the NHS

C
Stick with the rules, support the cause

F                    D7
Keep your distance, stay indoors

     C                 G                   C
And thank your lucky stars you've got the NHS