Key: G
G
Brezhnev took Afghanistan.
C
Begin took Beirut.
D
G
Galtieri took the Union Jack.
G
And Maggie, over lunch one day,
C
Took a cruiser with all hands.
D
G
Apparently, to make him give it back
C
G
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Uuuuh! Maggie what have you done?
(G)
G
They disembarked in 45
C
And no-one spoke and no-one smiled
D
G
There were to many spaces in the line.
G
C
Gathered at the cenotaph
C
All agreed with the hand on heart
D
G
To sheath the sacrificial Knifes.
G
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But now
G
She stands upon Southampton dock
C
With her handkerchief
D
And her summer frock clings
G
To her wet body in the rain.
G
C
In quiet desperation knuckles
C
White upon the slippery reins
D
G
She bravely waves the boys goodbye again.
C
G
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Uuuuh! Maggie what have you done?
C
And still the dark stain spreads between
G
His shoulder blades.
C
G
A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves.
C
D
And when the fight was over
G
D
C
We spent what they had made.
Am7
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But
in the bottom of our hearts
G
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