G
Gather round on ma's knee,
   C                G
to read this week's letter.
G
I wonder what will be,
   C                G
we hope the news is better.


G                     C     G
The men here die like flies ma,
G                        C    G
I bandaged their blinded eyes ma,
        D
And the kids with their aching feet
                     G
Ain't got nothing to eat ma.


G                   C    G
The hospital has no door dad,
G                   C     G
Soldiers lie on the floor dead,
     D
Oh I did my best,
                    G
but I can't take anymore dad


G
Rachel's coming home
D
Rachel's coming home
      C                              G
Oh and I don't think she'll go away again
G
Rachel's seen the light
    D
The world's too big to fight
   C                              G
and I don't think she'll go away again


D  C    D   C
My dear family


G
The world and people in it
G
Go the way they will
            D
But there's not a man black or white
                      G
Who can never hope to stop them