Tonalité : A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
nothing left to give you,
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but for one last thing I've saved
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In the comer of the cellar look
inside the iron chest
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Bearing seven silver medals there lies
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wrapped a wooden crest
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>From the father to the son
Like a bullet from a gun
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Seven silver crosses hammered on a wooden
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one
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The name on the last medal is
a man I never knew
Though I bore his name and nature
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and his conscience as I grew
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When they shipped him back from
Passchendaele it was raining in his head
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Not caused by any bullet but
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by the faces of the dead
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>From the father to the son
Like a bullet from a gun
Seven silver crosses hammered
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on a wooden one
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When
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the boys came home from Dunkirk Beach,
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the crest came down to me
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And I served as stretcher
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bearer up the back of Italy
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But I didn't slow a bul let
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or blow any flesh apart
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My medal was a red cross that was strapped
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across my heart
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>From the father to the son
Like a bullet from a gun
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Seven silver crosses hammered on a wooden one
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Many decades later I have seen
the bounty drop
We scattered those generations now
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we reap a ruined crop
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The brains, the brawn,
the beauty each in turn were sacrificed
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And marked up with a plain cross like
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the suffering Jesus Christ
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>From the father to the son
Like a bullet from a gun
Seven silver crosses hammered
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on a wooden one
>From the father to the son
Like a bullet from a gun
Seven silver crosses
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hammered on a wooden one
I wish that I could give you something
fine and something proud
A history of stuggle to
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emancipate the crowd
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But all I give's a blessing take
the shield down to the sea
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Sacrifice tradition and save your
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family
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>From the father to the son
Like a bullet from a gun
Seven silver crosses hammered
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on a wooden one
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(Repeat)
Outro 1
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