Intro 
G played lightly. 
 

Verse 1 
                        C5 
The colonel said "these bodies stink" 
      D5                           G5 
Won't someone come and drag them away 
                               C5 
We tried to clean em' out but the more I stare 
      D5                        G5 
And the English colonel looks the other way 
                                C5 
Oh the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak 
       D5                              G5 
Well I ran for the trench but I'd no time to speak 
                                 C5 
Well my heart said "yes" but my head said "no" 
       D5                           G5 
When the English colonel said "its time to go" 
 
Chorus 
                  D5  D5   A5 
He said "what's a few men?" 
                   C5      E5 
said "what's a few men?" 
                  D5  D5   A5 
said "what's a few men?" 
                   C5            D5 (fill bit) 
said "what's a few men?" 
 
Verse 1 
                     C5 
The colonel's job is never done 
   D5                             G5 
So he declares time out on Christmas day 
                   C5 
We held the enemy in our arms 
        D5                          G5 
And we ploughed each others dead into the clay 
                               C5 
Oh the lord said that death will be no longer 
    D5                          G5 
And all of these things will pass away 
                               C5 
There'll be no sorrow and there'll be no pain 
    D5                               G5 
And we'll swap cigarettes on Christmas day 
                                 C5 
Well my heart said "yes" but my head said "no" 
       D5                           G5 
When the English colonel said "its time to go" 
 
Chorus  
 
Chords till outro end on 
G5