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