D5 E5 G5 A5 D5 E5 G5 Armalite, streetlights, nightsights A5 D5 E5 G5 Searching the roofs for a sniper, a viper, a fighter A5 D5 E5 G5 Death in the shadows he'll maim you, he'll wound you, he'll kill you A5 A5 For a long forgotten cause on not so foreign shores D5 F5 D5 F5 A5 D5 F5 D5 F5 A5 D5 F5 D5 F5 Boys baptised in wars, boys baptised in wars A5 Morphine, chill scream , bad dream D5 F5 D5 Serving as numbers on dog tags, flak rags, sand bags F5 A5 Your girl has married your best friend, love's end, poison pen D5 F5 D5 F5 Your flesh will always creep A5 D5 F5 D5 A5 G5 A5 C5 Tossing, turning sleep, the wounds that burn so deep, burn so deep A5 G5 C5 Your mother sits on the edge of the world when the camera starts to roll A5 G5 C5 Panoramic viewpoint ressurrects the killing fold A5 G5 C5 Your father drains another beer, he's one of the few that cares A5 G5 C5 A5 Crawling behind a Saracen's hull from the safety of his living room chair G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 Forgotten sons, forgotten sons, forgotten sons A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 A5 C5 A5 G5 And so as I patrol in the valley of the shadow of the tricolor, I must fear evil D5 For I am but mortal and mortals can only die A5 G5 Asking questions, pleading answers from the nameless, faceless watchers D5 A5 That parade the carpeted corridors of Whitehall G5 Who orders desecration, mutilation D5 Verbal masturbation in the guarded beaurocratic wombs? A5 G5 Minister, minister care for you children D5 Order them not into damnation to eliminate those who would trespass against you A5 G5 For whose is the Kingdom , the power, the glory? D5 A5 For ever and ever, amen G5 D5 A5 (N.C.) Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen "Halt! Who goes there?" "Death" "Approach friend" D5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 D5 Bb5 C5 A5 You're just another coffin on it's way down the emerald aisle Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 Where the children's stony glances mourn your death in a terrorist's smile D5 Bb5 C5 A5 The bomber's arm placing fiery gifts on the supermarket shelves Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 Alleys sing with shrapnel, detonate a temporary hell D5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 D5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 Forgotten sons, forgotten sons D5 Bb5 C5 A5 From the dole queue to the regiment, a profession in a flash Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 But remember Monday signings when from door to door you dash D5 Bb5 C5 A5 On the news, a nation mourns you, unknown soldier count the cost Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 For a second you'll be famous but labelled posthumous D5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 D5 Forgotten son, forgotten son Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 Forgotten son, forgotten son D5 Bb5 C5 A5 They're still forgotten Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 They're still, still forgotten D5 Bb5 C5 A5 Bb5 Peace on earth and mercy mild Mother Brown has lost her child C5 A5 Bb5 D5 Just another forgotten son