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[Verse 1] [Am]There were soldiers marching on the common today [C]They were there [F]again this [C]evening [Am]They paced up and down like seabird[G]s on the ground [Am]Before the storm clouds gathering [Verse 2] I must buy whatever [Am]tin food is left [G]on the [Am]shelves They're [C]testing [F]the air-raid sirens [C]sirens They've [Am]built up the blood-banks and [G]and emptied the beds At the [Am]hospital [Dm]and the [Am]asylum [Verse 3] [Am] Saw a man build a shelter in his garden today As we stood [C]there [F]idly chat[C]ting He [Am]said "No, no I don't think [G]war will come" [Am]Yet still he carried on digging [Interlude 1] [Am][C][F] [C][Am][G][Am] [F][Am] [Verse 4] Everything [Am]in my life th[G]at I l[Am]ove Could be swept [C]away [F]without [C]warning Yet the [Am]birds still sing and the [G]church bells ring And the [Am]sun came u[F]p [Am]this morning [Verse 5] Life goes on as it [G]did before As the [Am]country drifts [G]slowly to war
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