Bombers Moon chords by Mike Harding

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Bombers' Moon
by Mike Harding

Verse 1:
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IN '44 in bomber county
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Young men waiting for the night,
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In the hedgerow's birds are singing,
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calling in the falling light,

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And the Captain says, tonight there'll be a Bombers Moon,
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We'll be there and back beneath a Bombers Moon,
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A augmentedA thousand Bombers over the Northern Sea,
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Heading out, out, for Germany,

Verse 2:
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Chalkie White stands at the dart board,
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Curley Thompson writes to his wife,
E minorEm
Nobby Clarke and Jumbo Johnson,
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Playing cards and smoking pipes,

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And over the hangers rises a Bombers Moon,
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Full and clear rising as the engines croon,
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The planes they taxi out on to runway five,
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And sail off out into the silvery night,

Verse 3:
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Sandy Campbell checks his oil gauge,
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the Belgium coast is coming soon,
E minorEm
Curley Thompson lifts his sextant,
FF            G+G
lines up on the Bombers Moon,

Chorus:
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The waves are shining there,
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below the Bombers Moon,
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Lancaster's flying high, above the Bombers Moon,
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Coming in along the Belgian coast,
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a thousand silver shrouded ghosts,

Verse 4:
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Flack flies up around the city,
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Jumbo Johnson banks his plane,
E minorEm
Goes in low and drops his payload,
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turns to join the pack again,

Chorus:
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People are dieing there below the Bombers Moon,
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The Cities a raging Hell below the Bombers Moon,
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The planes head back towards the Northern Sea,
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Young men coming home from victory,

Verse 5:
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Over Belgium came the fighters,
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flying high against the night,
E minorEm
Curley Thompson saw them coming,
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closing in before he died,

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Young men shot them down below the Bombers Moon,
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Shot them down in flames below the Bombers Moon,
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Young men sending young men to their graves,
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Sent them down into the North Sea waves,

Verse 6:
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'83 Mrs White in Bomber County
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dusts his picture, and she cries,
E minorEm
Chalky White in uniform looking
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as he did the day he died,

Chorus:
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For God's sake no more Bombers Moons
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No more young men going out to die too soon,
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Old men sending young men out to die,
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 dying for politicians lies

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C majorC  FF             C majorC
For God's sake no more Bombers Moons,
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No more young men going out to die too soon,
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Old men sending young men out to kill,
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if we don't stop them then they never will,

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No more, No more Bombers Moons
FF               C majorC
No more, No more Bombers Moons
FF               C majorC
No more, No more Bombers Moons...