Butchers Tale Ukulele chords by The Zombies

Song: Butcher's tale (Western Front 1914)
Artist: The Zombies
Composer: Chris White
Album: Odessey & oracle

Soprano Ukulele tuning: G-C-E-A

Dm = 2210  Am  = 2000  Cm7 = 3333
G = 0232  Dm  = x210  Cm6 = 2333
F = 2010  Dm/C = x010  Cm = 0333
A# = 3211  G/B = 4232  D  = 2220
A = 2100  G4  = 0233

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[Intro]
     Dm G       Dm  G
A |------0---2--------|------0---2--------| [x2]
E |------1---3--1-p0--|------1---3--1-p0--|
C |---2--2---2--------|---2--2---2--------|
G |------2---0--------|------2---0--------|

[Verse 1]
  Dm   G    Dm    G
A butcher, yes, that was my trade,
     F    A#     F   A
But the King's shilling is now my fee,
  Dm    G   Dm     G
A butcher I may as well have stayed,
      F    G   A
For the slaughter that I see!


[Verse 2]
     Dm    G    Dm   G
And the preacher, in his pulpit,
      F   A#    F    A
Sermoned, "Go and fight! Do what is right!"
  Dm    G    Dm     G
But he don't have to hear these guns,
     F    G     A
And I'll bet he sleeps at night!


[Chorus]
  Am
And I-----------------,
  Dm      Dm/C
And I can't stop shaking,
  G/B        A#
My hands won't stop shaking,
  Dm        Dm/C
My arms won't stop shaking,
  G/B        A#
My mind won't stop shaking,
  Am     G   G G4 G
I want to go home,
     F    Cm7 Cm6 Cm   D
Please, let me go home--------, go home!


[Break]
     Dm G       Dm  G
A |------0---2--------|------0---2--------| [x2]
E |------1---3--1-p0--|------1---3--1-p0--|
C |---2--2---2--------|---2--2---2--------|
G |------2---0--------|------2---0--------|


[Verse 3]
  Dm    G    Dm    G
And I have seen a friend of mine...
    F    A#     F    A
...Hang on the wire, like some rag toy,
   Dm   G     Dm     G
Then, in the heat, the flies come down,
   F  G    A
And cover up the boy!


[Verse 4]
     Dm     G     Dm     G
And the flies come down in Gommecourt, Thiepval,
 F   Bb     F      A
Mametz Wood, and French Ver - dun,
     Dm   G    Dm     G
If the preacher he could see those flies,
      F       G    A
'Wouldn't preach for the sound of guns!


[Chorus]
  Am
And I-----------------,
  Dm      Dm/C
And I can't stop shaking,
  G/B        A#
My hands won't stop shaking,
  Dm        Dm/C
My arms won't stop shaking,
  G/B        A#
My mind won't stop shaking,
  Am     G   G G4 G
I want to go home,
     F    Cm7 Cm6 Cm   D