Capo III
D                 Bm
Us, us us us and them them them,
Dm7                      G
And after all we re only ordinary men.
D                 Bm
Me, me me me  and you you you,
Dm7                          G                   D
God only knows it s not what we would choose to do.

Bm                                             A  Gmaj7 C
Forward he cried from the rear and the front rank died.
     Bm                              A
The general sat and the lines on the map
Gmaj7              C
Moved from side to side. Ah.

Black, black black and blue blue blue
And who knows which is which and who is who.
Up up up and down down down
And in the end it s only  round and round and round and round

And haven t you heard? It s a battle of words, the poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun, there s room for you inside.

Down, down down and out out out
It can t be helped but there s a lot of it about.
With with with, without out out out
And who ll deny it s what the fighting s all about?

Out of the way it s a busy day, I ve got things on my mind.
For want of the price of tea and a slice the old man died.