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What I Would Say by Jacob Vincent
What I Would Say
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Eb
Capo:3rd fret
C x32010
Fmaj7 x-x-321x
C/B x-2-x-x-1-x (walk down from C to Am7)
Am7 x02010
G 320003
[Intro]
C Fmaj7 C C/B Am7 G Fmaj7 C
[Verse 1]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
As I sit here before dawn on another ANZAC day
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
I can’t help but wonder, what would I say
C Fmaj7 C C/B
To a digger who gave his life, so I could live free
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
and what I would’ve done if that digger was me
[Verse 2]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
I’d be sitting with me mates, transporter full of troops
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
No idea what’s coming, trembling in me boots
C Fmaj7 C C/B
Thinking of my family and all my friends back home
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
Will I ever see them again, will I die here all alone
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
Not old enough to vote, but I’m old enough to kill
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
To die for king and country, not too young for blood to spill
C Fmaj7 C C/B
Sent halfway round the world to protect our way of life
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
Will I have a future? Will I ever take a wife?
[Break]
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
[Verse 3]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
I’ve put my trust in people, I’ll never know or meet
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
Pollies and the generals control the fate that waits for me
C Fmaj7 C C/B
We’re headed for Gallipoli, diggers each and everyone
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
Don’t have a choice, it’s a job that must be done
[Verse 4]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
I look around and see the same glaze in every eye
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
Bravery mixed with fear, it’s the waiting we despise
C Fmaj7 C C/B
once we hit that beach, we’re stepping in to hell
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
What lies ahead, only time will tell
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
Not old enough to vote, but I’m old enough to kill
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
To die for king and country, not too young for blood to spill
C Fmaj7 C C/B
Sent halfway round the world to protect our way of life
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
Will I have a future? Will I ever take a wife?
[Break]
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
[Verse 5]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
If I was in those diggers boots, at that time and in their place
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
His courage in my heart, the same look upon my face
C Fmaj7 C C/B
I’d storm that beach at dawn over a century ago
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
and fall at Ari Burnu, old age I’ll never know
[Bridge]
C/B Am7 G Fmaj7 C C/B Am7 G Fmaj7 G
[Verse 6]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
So what would I say to that digger and his mates
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
Who died so I live freely in this southern land so great
C Fmaj7 C C/B
I’d speak to him in actions, the things I say and do
Am7 G Fmaj7
Respect others, live in peace, the only true,
C
Thank you
[Chorus]
C Fmaj7 C C/B
Not old enough to vote, but I’m old enough to kill
Am7 G Fmaj7 G
To die for king and country, not too young for blood to spill
C Fmaj7 C C/B
Sent halfway round the world to protect our way of life
Am7 G Fmaj7 C
Will I have a future? Will I ever take a wife?
C Fmaj7 G C
He died for our future, and he never took a wife
[End]
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