G5 D5 I remember respectfully like others before me A5 All those folk who fell in the war G5 D5 And I hear you singing songs of lamentation A5 D5 But I don?t wish to hear them no more A5 G5 A5 What did you do in the time of the war? It?s a question asked by everyone G5 D5 A5 D5 I stood in a line my screwdriver in hand making aircraft out at Laverton G5 D5 So don?t sing no songs about Waltzing Matilda A5 G5 A5 G5 Don?t tell me I tried, don?t tell me I failed G5 D5 For all I recall is the scorn of the women A5 D5 And a white feather that I received in the mail G5 D5 I remember the day I went down to enlist A5 And they said ?Read this chart on the wall? G5 D5 I remember the tone of the voice of the doctor A5 D5 As he said to me: ?That will be all. Thank you very much? A5 G5 A5 Riding home slowly I sat on my tram not sure if to laugh or to cry G5 D5 For to train in the camps, sure, a man needs his lamps A5 D5 And a good soldier he must have good eyes Chorus G5 D5 Well it takes more than bullets to murder and maim A5 Whether worn down or beaten a death?s still a death G5 D5 And you know sometimes when I think back to the forties A5 D5 I pray for my very last breath A5 You know I have nothing against those who fought G5 A5 But for Christ?s sake we do what we can G5 D5 And there?s more than one way that you can skin a cat A5 D5 And there?s more than one way you can cripple a man Chorus