The Unknown War Criminal
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A new recording of a previously uploaded song composed and performed by Gerry Dempsey. The other recording can be found here.
Lyrics and Guitar Chords
(Note: the chords positions are displaced in places by the conversion to a web-page).
The Unknown War Criminal
Capo 5
Am
He likes the tales and legends,
G
The mighty deeds of yore
F
How he strode across the century
Am
And wrote his own folklore.
Am
They praised his deeds in sagas,
G
Adventures told in song,
F
Proud, heroic stanzas
Am
Of the Terrible and the Strong.
[Break] Dm Am G Em Am
Am
We used the Russians for roulette,
G
The dogs we had to train,
F
We needed target practise
Am
But peasants feel no pain.
Dm
The mothers of the Disappeared,
Am
Their voices now subliminal,
G Em
Standing by the graveside
Am
Of the unknown war criminal.
[Break] Dm Am G Em Am
Am
Behind the Iron Curtain,
G
Behind the barbed-wire fence,
F
What untold deeds of chivalry
Am
Might spring to his defence?
Am
Those girls were asking for it.
G
They were just the spoils of war.
F
The daughter of the enemy
Am
Is no better than a whore.
Am
And that old crippled lady
G
Some people thought it twisted
F
She didnt need her valuables
Am C
She shouldnt have resisted.
G Em
She couldnt take it with her.
G Em
She didnt own the lease
Dm
On all her prize possessions.
Am
It was a merciful release.
Dm
The names, the dates, the places,
Am
Forgotten and invisible
G Em
Record a fitting monument
Am
To the unknown war criminal.
[Break] Dm Am G Em Am
Am
And after the atrocities
G
We made a decent home.
F
The houses were all vacant.
Am
The owners were unknown.
Am
The universal soldier,
G
The unsung common man,
F
How many stabbed a neighbours back
Am
And took away his land?
Am
In the fog of war his mighty deeds
G
Were difficult to determine;
F
Who was friend and who was foe,
Am
Who was Russian, who was German.
Dm
The names, the dates, the places,
Am
Forgotten and invisible
G Em
Record a fitting monument
Am
To the unknown war criminal.
[Break] Dm Am G Em Am
Am
We were just obeying orders.
G
We couldnt disobey.
F
I didnt know no better.
Am
It wasnt me, anyway!
Am
And now the unknown soldier
G
Prefers to remain unknown,
F
To read heroic poetry
Am
And never to atone.
Dm
The names, the dates, the places,
Am
Forgotten and invisible
G Em
Record a fitting monument
Am
To the unknown war criminal.
Check out my blog of Janacek arrangements and YouTube channel
Lyrics and Guitar Chords
(Note: the chords positions are displaced in places by the conversion to a web-page).
The Unknown War Criminal
Capo 5
Am
He likes the tales and legends,
G
The mighty deeds of yore
F
How he strode across the century
Am
And wrote his own folklore.
Am
They praised his deeds in sagas,
G
Adventures told in song,
F
Proud, heroic stanzas
Am
Of the Terrible and the Strong.
[Break] Dm Am G Em Am
Am
We used the Russians for roulette,
G
The dogs we had to train,
F
We needed target practise
Am
But peasants feel no pain.
Dm
The mothers of the Disappeared,
Am
Their voices now subliminal,
G Em
Standing by the graveside
Am
Of the unknown war criminal.
[Break] Dm Am G Em Am
Am
Behind the Iron Curtain,
G
Behind the barbed-wire fence,
F
What untold deeds of chivalry
Am
Might spring to his defence?
Am
Those girls were asking for it.
G
They were just the spoils of war.
F
The daughter of the enemy
Am
Is no better than a whore.
Am
And that old crippled lady
G
Some people thought it twisted
F
She didnt need her valuables
Am C
She shouldnt have resisted.
G Em
She couldnt take it with her.
G Em
She didnt own the lease
Dm
On all her prize possessions.
Am
It was a merciful release.
Dm
The names, the dates, the places,
Am
Forgotten and invisible
G Em
Record a fitting monument
Am
To the unknown war criminal.
[Break] Dm Am G Em Am
Am
And after the atrocities
G
We made a decent home.
F
The houses were all vacant.
Am
The owners were unknown.
Am
The universal soldier,
G
The unsung common man,
F
How many stabbed a neighbours back
Am
And took away his land?
Am
In the fog of war his mighty deeds
G
Were difficult to determine;
F
Who was friend and who was foe,
Am
Who was Russian, who was German.
Dm
The names, the dates, the places,
Am
Forgotten and invisible
G Em
Record a fitting monument
Am
To the unknown war criminal.
[Break] Dm Am G Em Am
Am
We were just obeying orders.
G
We couldnt disobey.
F
I didnt know no better.
Am
It wasnt me, anyway!
Am
And now the unknown soldier
G
Prefers to remain unknown,
F
To read heroic poetry
Am
And never to atone.
Dm
The names, the dates, the places,
Am
Forgotten and invisible
G Em
Record a fitting monument
Am
To the unknown war criminal.
Check out my blog of Janacek arrangements and YouTube channel
Notes
Contact: g52dempsey{at]yahoo.co.uk
tomjoad2005[at}yahoo.com
- Addeddate
- 2005-05-13 05:48:51
- External_metadata_update
- 2019-03-27T15:22:53Z
- Identifier
- Dempsey_Unknown_War_Criminal2
- Run time
- 3 min
- Source
- Born digital
- Type
- sound
- Year
- 2005
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