• Song:

    Gentle Willie

  • Artist:

    Bill Fay

  • Album:

    From the Bottom of an O...

G5            B5
Willie was a sailor
   C5             D5
He sailed on the sea
    G5             B5
And Willie said a sailor's life
       C5        D5
Is the life for me

         E5            A5
But they sent him into battle
       E5           A5
For to lay down his life
    D5             B5          
And Willie said a sailor's life
           C5       D5
Is not for me

So Willie joined the air force
He learnt how to fly
And Willie said how happy
He was flying in the sky

But they sent him into battle
For to lay down his life
And Willie said the air force is no life for me

Now Willie got to thinking
People were plotting for his life
So he bought himself a watchtower
And locked himself inside

But the tower looked o'er a battlefield
Where men laid down their lives
And Willie had to laugh but then he cried

Enjoy :)
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