2 acessos
C Fm C [Verse 1] C Fm C Dear Kinky Friedman, I read what you wrote G Neville Chamberlain surrender monkeys - yup, that was your quote Fm C Well, we all say stupid things sometimes, so here with my blessing Fm C G C Kinky Friedman this is your history lesson C C Fm C Chamberlain declared war, on the 3rd of September C G The US wasn't involved, as I remember Fm C And after Poland fell, then Belgium and France Fm C G C Britain stood alone with barely a chance E Am We faced Hitler down; he unleashed the blitz E Am A hundred nine elevens that left London in bits F C But we never caved in, Britain never surrendered G C No petition for peace, Kinky, was ever fuckin' tendered [Chorus] F Oh Kinky Friedman C Dude quit your messin' G And listen up good C This is your history lesson [Verse 2] C Fm C Roosevelt helped us, with armaments and food C G His vision was sure, and his policy good Fm C He'd have brought the USA, into the war on our side Fm C G C But the isolationists, had both his hands tied E Am Stay out, Stay Out was your public's demand E Am Till the Japs hit Pearl Harbour, and that forced your hand F C Then your boys fought like lions but so the hell did ours Fm C G C Only an asshole, Kinky, could call the British cowards [Chorus] F Oh Kinky Friedman C Take some quiet time processing G These words of mine C Your history lesson [Verse 3] Fm C And here's a casualty count for you to muse upon, man G Military personnel and civilians killed in the theatre of world war two C Fm USA: four hundred and nineteen thousand and four hundred C Great Britain: four hundred and fifty thousand and nine hundred G And just to keep perspective C Fm USSR: twenty-seven million... or thereabouts C Yeah war is no joke G And my friend you misspoke C Or so I'm guessin' F But take this well, Buddy C And may it ease your soul G Kinky Friedman this has been C Your history lesson