[Verse] [A] Hey, Mr. Churchill, [E] comes ...over here, to [A] say we're doing spl [E] endidly. [A] But it's very cold, [E] out here in the snow, [A] marching to and from the [E] enemy. [A] Oh, I say it's tough; [E] I have had enough, [A] can you stop the [E] caval- [A] ry?
[Interlude 1 - Use A up neck then E7 high up - Full drums] A E7 - A E - A E7 - A E - A E7 - (A E) A
A E7 E -12-12-10-9--10-9--7---- B -10----------9---------- G -9-----------9---------- D -x-----------9---------- A -0-----------7---------- E ------------------------
[Verse] [A] I have had to fight, [E] almost every night, [A] down throughout these [E] centuries. [A] That is when I say, [E] oh yes, yet again; [A] can you stop the [E] caval- [A] ry?
[Chorus] [E] Mary Bradley, [A] waits at home, [E] in the nuclear [A] fallout zone. [E] Wish I could be [A] dancing now, [E] in the arms of the [A] girl I love.
[Break - Just bass drum and can sing up an octave] [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Interlude 2 - Bells bit - Slide D triad up and down the neck] A D A A, A D A A, A D A D , A D A A A A D A E --9-7-9-------9--2--9----- B ------10-12---10-3--10----- G ------9-------9--2--9---- D ------x-------x--0--x----- A ------0-------0--x--0----- E --------------------------
[Verse] [A] Bang goes another bomb, [E] on another town, [A] while the Tzar and [E] Jim have tea. [A] If I get home, [E] live to tell the tale, [A] I'll run for all [E] Presidencies. If [A] I get elected, [E] I'll stop; [A] I will stop the [E] caval- [A] ry.
[Interlude 1 - Use A up neck then E7 high up] A E7 - A E - A E7 - A E - A E7 - (A E) A
[Break - Just bass drum and can sing up an octave] [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum, Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Chorus - Full drums] [E] Wish I could be [A] dancing now, [E] in the arms of the [A] girl I love. [E] Mary Bradley [A] waits at home, [E] she's been waiting [A] two years long. [G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Interlude 2 - Bells bit - Slide D triad up and down the neck] A D A A, A D A A, A D A D , - slow down and chords down neck A D A A (577655)
A A D A E --9-7-9-------9--2--9----- B ------10-12---10-3--10----- G ------9-------9--2--9---- D ------x-------x--0--x----- A ------0-------0--x--0----- E --------------------------
[Intro - BPM 112] - Play G/D by sliding 3rd finger up from 3rd fret on A to 5th when playing C/E to x50003 (no drums) [Cmaj7][Db6-x46666][Dm7][Eb7]
(drum pickup) [F7]
(drums in) [D][F7] x 2 D riff E 2--------- B 3--------- G 2---2244-- D 0044------ A ---------- E ----------
Oh yeah [Verse - No drums] [C] Still don't know what I [Em7] was waiting for And my [F] time was running wild [G] A million [F] dead-end streets and [C] Every time I thought I'd [Em7] got it made It seemed the [F] taste was not so sweet [G] So I [Cmaj7] turned my [Dm7] self to face [Em7] me [Ebm7] But [Dm7] I've never caught a glimpse [G] Of how the [Cmaj7] others must [Dm7] see the fa [Em7] ker [Ebm7] I'm much too [Dm7] fast to take that test
[Chorus] (F bit all play straight 1 bar - drops 1 bar in feel) [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes (drums in) [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge (Just play these straight - turns beat around) [F] Don't [F/E] want to be a richer [D] man [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] It's [F/E] gonna have to be a [D] different man [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me (drum fill) But [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Riff] Drums back in [D][F7] with D riff x 2
[Verse] [C] I watch the ripples change [Em7] their size But never [F] leave the [G] stream of warm [F] impermanence And [C] so the days float through [Em7] my eyes But still the [F] days seem the same [G] And [Cmaj7] these children [Dm7] that [Em7] you spit [Ebm7] on As [Dm7] they try to change their [G] worlds Are immune [Cmaj7] to your consul [Dm7] tations [Em7][Ebm7] They're quite [Dm7] aware of what they're going through
[Chorus] [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] Don't tell them [F/E] to blow up a [D] parliament [G] Ch-ch-ch- [F] ch-Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Cha [C/G] nge [F] Where's your shame [F/E] you've left us up to our [D] neck in it [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me (drum fill) But [C/E] you [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Dm][Em]
[Bridge] [F] Strange fascination, fasc [C] inating me [F/C][C] [F] Changes are taking the [G] pace I'm going through
[Chorus] [G] Ch-ch-ch-ch [F] -Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Chang [C/G] es [F] Look out [F/E] you rock'n'rollers [D] [G] Ch-ch-ch-ch [F] -Changes [C] Turn and [C/B] face the strange [C/A] Ch-ch-Chang [C/G] es [F] Pretty [F/E] soon now you're gonna get [D] older [F/A] Time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me .. But [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Ending] I said that [F/A] time [C/G] may [Bb] change [F] me [C/E] I [G/D] can't [F/A] trace [C] time
[Ending Chords - Free time - no drums - Finger pick] [Dm7][Em7][Eb7][Dm7][Dbmaj7][Cmaj7]
