Verse
G E
These are your orders - seems like it's do it or die
G E
So please read them closely, When you've read them be sure that you eat them up -
D
They're specially flavoured with Burgundy, Tizer and Rye
G E
Twelve sheets of foolscap: don't ask me why.
Verse 2:
G E
We hit the jungle, Just as it starts to monsoon:
G E
Our maps showed no rainfall. All the boys were depressed by this circumstance
D
"Trust in the weather" said less agricultural men
G E
Who gives birth to more farmhands, don't ask me why.
Chorus:
G E
Fifteen was chosen because he was dumb, seven because he was blind:
G E
I got the job because I was so mean, while somehow appearing so kind.
D
Drifting about through the cauliflower trees with a cauliflower ear for the birds,
G E
The squadron assembled what senses they had and this is the sound that they heard...
Instrumental:
G D C G
Verse 3:
G E
Back at headquarters, khaki decisions are made
G E
File under "Futile": that should give you its main point of reference
D
It's all so confusing, what with pythons and then deadly flies
G E
But to them, it's a picnic, don't ask me why.
Chorus:
G E
Thirteen was chosen because of his luck, eleven because of his feet:
G E
One got signed up for exceptional pluck, another because he was mute.
D
Roaming about through the gelatine swamps with a gelatine eye on the stripes,
G E
The squadron assembled what senses they had and this is the sound that they heard...
Outro:
G D
Back in Blighty, there was you There were milkmen every morning
C G
But these endless shiny trees, never used to be that way.
(repeat until fade)
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25.07.2015
Lublin, Poland