Chords
The Few - Raf Song

Key: C

Introduction: C    G    Bb    F    

Am  
We fighter pilots
                                                F  
Fought the German chaps
In World War II
        C  
In Hurricanes and Spitfires
                          G  
Performed feats of derring-do
Am  
The finest British pilots
                        Bb  
That the world could hope to have
F                                                                                                      G  
Binky! Stinky! Squiffy! Franstisek! And Stansislav!
Pre-Chorus
Dm                                                            C  
Hold fire, is that some foreign chaps
F                                 G  
Risking their necks?
                  Dm                                            C  
That's right! Some of the bravest men
F                                      G  
Were Polish and Czech!
C                         G  
We like to fire
                     Bb                                         F  
Beating Jerries' our one desire
Yeah yeah!
F                                    C  
All we do each night is pray
                Dm                              F  
We'll live to fight another day
Take That Hitler!
Am  
My name is Douglas Barder
                  F  
Let me tell of my ordeal
             C  
Lost both legs in an accident
G  
These ones are not real (They're not real)
     Am  
I left the air force after that
Bb  
Flying was a hobby
          F  
But when war broke in '39
             G  
Came back! (Just like Robbie)
Dm                    C  
Shot down 22 of them
          F                 G  
Led the air attack
                Dm                      C  
Till finally the Luftwaffe
F              G  
Hit me back! Oh no pretty baby
C                              G  
His plane on fire
                        Bb  
Stuck in Colditz
                                          F  
Such a shame to retire
Yeah yeah!
F                                            C  
Never forget this great mans story
Dm                                    F  
And his role in Britain's glory
        Bb  
We flew in tough conditions
                F  
Lucky to survive five missions
Ab  
Not that I'm complaining
                        Eb  
But I've had just ten hours training
             Bb  
Epic dogfights in the sky
F  
Outnumbered, that's why
Ab  
We're now known by you
Eb  
As The Few...
F      Gm         Am      Bm  
Phew, he missed me!
Am  
The Battle of Britain
                     F  
Was our pilots' finest hour
C  
Although it seemed at first
                                G  
The Germans were the stronger power (Oh, so strong)
        Am  
We mustered all our courage
        Bb  
In summer 1940
F  
Scrambled Air Force squadrons to fly
G  
Sortie after sortie
Dm                 C  
Saw Nazi invasion off
F                                    G  
Just as airmen should
Dm                                         C  
Our bravery meant Hitler
                        F                            G  
Wouldn't be back for good
No, no
C                            G  
We beat the Fuhrer
                                                     Bb  
Without us frequent flyers
                                                  F  
Your life would be poorer
Yeah yeah!
C                 G  
Britain securer
                                        Bb                                                 F  
Our stories of heroics will forever endure
Wow, yeah yeah!