Bible Pages Boo Hewerdine
Song: Bible pages
Tabbed by:DJ
A great anti-war song by Boo, about a young English soldier in World War I
Tuning:Standard
Capo: 4th fret (sounds in key of F#m)
| [G7]/__[Dm]/ / / / | [G7]/__[Dm]/ / / / | [G7]/__[Dm]/ / / / | [G7]/__[Dm]/ / / / |
[Dm]I was only just fifteen, when I took a shilling f[A7]rom the king,
And the Quar[Dm]termaster winked at me, he k[F]new I'd lied a - [A7]bout my age,
I le[Dm]arnt to take apart my gun, and feel tobacco [A7]in my lungs,
And [F]we would r[C]oll our c[Dm]igar - e[A7]ttes with B[Dm]ible pages!
And [Dm]as we marched up to the line, 'knew we'd be back by wi[A7]nter time,
But [Dm]we soon learnt only the blind... could fi[F]nd their way back [A7]home,
And [Dm]all through Deuteronomy, I cursed whatever h[A7]ad made me,
And [F]we would r[C]oll our c[Dm]igar - e[A7]ttes with B[Dm]ible pages!
[Gm] There's no heaven, there's no hell, [Dm] not as far as I can tell,
[Gm] There's no Devil, there's no God, o[A7]nly men and mud! | [A7] / [A7/G] / [A7/F] / [A7/E] / |
W[Dm]hen the brass would come around, we'd stand our feet sunk [A7]in the ground,
They'd [Dm]say we'd made our country proud, but their Eng[F]land was not m[A7]ine,
And [Dm]we must be prepared to die, but they forgot to t[A7]ell us why,
And [F]we would r[C]oll our c[Dm]igar - e[A7]ttes with B[Dm]ible pages!
[Gm] There's no heaven, there's no hell, [Dm] not as far as I can tell,
[Gm] There's no Devil, there's no God, o[A7]nly men and mud! | [A7] / [A7/G] / [A7/F] / [A7/E] / |
[Dm]I'd not long turned seventeen, when I took the one that fin[A7]ished me,
And I m[Dm]ust have lain so peacefully, be - n[F]eath the broken [A7]sky,
And [Dm]so they took my life away, and what would the Ch[A7]aplain say,
If he kn[F]ew we ro[C]lled our ci[Dm]gar - e[A7]ttes with B[Dm]ible pages,
All we h[F]ad to r[C]oll our c[Dm]igar - e[A7]ttes was B[Dm]ible pages!
| [Dm] / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [D4]/__[Dm]/ [Dsus2] / [Dm]/ / |
| [Dm] / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | [D4]/__[Dm]/ [Dsus2] / [Dm]/ / |
| [A7] / / / / | / / / / | And w[F]e would r[C]oll our c[Dm]igar - e[A7]ttes with B[Dm]ible pages!
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G7 = xx0031
Dm = xx0231
A7 = x02020
F = 133211
C = x32010
Gm = 355333
A7/G = 302020
A7/F = 102020
A7/E = 002020
D4 = xx0233
Dsus2 = xx0230
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