[ Everywhere von Billy Bragg ]


 Intro:  Bm A   D  Bm   A   G    Bm   A   D   Bm   A  D

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Dig in boys for an extended stay
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Those were the final orders to come down that day
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Waiting to be saved in the Philippines
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You'll wait forever for the young Marines


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Now I believe to be here is right
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But I have to say that I'm scared tonight
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Crouching in this hole with a mouth full of sand
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What comes first, the country or the man


  F#m                        G(barre)          D
Look at those slanted eyes coming up over the hill
 F#m                                G              A
Catching us by surprise, it's time to kill or be killed


Chorus:
      D        G               D            G
Over here, over there, it's the same everywhere
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A boy cries out for his mother before he dies for his home


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All my life I wanted to be 
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As clever and strong as my best friend Lee
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We grew up together along half Moon Bay
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Lee was Japanese, born in the USA

 
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When Tommy was fighting Jerry along the River Seine
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Me and Lee we wanted to do the same
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Then they bombed Pearl Harbour at the break of day
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I was headed for these islands when Lee was hauled away


  F#m                                    G(barre)          D
They said look at his slanted eyes, he's guilty as guilty can be
 F#m                                G              A
Sent here as enemy spies to sabotage the Land of the Free


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I never got home, my platoon was never saved
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That little foxhole became my island grave
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Lee got out of jail but a prisoner he remained
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Till he ended his own life to lose that ball and chain


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And they said, Oh Little Slanted Eyes 
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Can't you forgive and forget
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And he said Oh Mr Friendly Ghost
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Can you catch water in a net?