Tono: D
Introducción: G
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G
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D
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D
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He's twenty-five, he's sick and tired, it's time to try the other side,
D
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G
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A7
the B&I to paradise, to sergeants and their men.
D
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D
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He's never been to Dun Na Ri, combed the beaches after three,
D
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G
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A7
chips and beer and greenery, brothers one and all.
D
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D
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He signed and took the soldiers crest, a decent man in battle dress,
D
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G
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A7
when bugles blow you do your best, for sergeants and their men.
Em
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D
Em
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D
G
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All for the roses, over the sea.
D
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D
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He's way ahead, he's second to none, with his fabrique nationali gun,
D
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G
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A7
marching bands with Saxon blood, sergeants and their men.
D
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D
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They landed with the sinking sun, an invasion by the media run,
D
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they covered up and they kissed with tongues,
G
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A7
sergeants and their men.
D
A
But the phantom gunner danced the end,
D
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and battered human bodies bled,
D
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G
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A7
they butchered us, we butchered them, sergeants and their men.
Em
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D
Em
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D
All for the roses, over the sea.
G
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Em
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D
All for the roses, Finglas boys to be.
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A G
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D
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Now a flower of sleep grows on his grave,
D
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forgotten soon the cowards and the brave,
D
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G
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A7
but the coldest hate still lives today, for sergeants and their men.
Em
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D
Em
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D
All for the roses, over the sea.
G
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Em
A
D
All for the roses, Finglas boys to be.