1939 Returning

Bm C#7 Captured clandestine F#m C#m Crawled into the lights D A G He knew he was in for a shoeing Em F# Just wasn't to be his night Bm C#7 Dragged out of the frozen Rhine F#m C#m For the Motherland and the Third Reich D A G A toeing's as good as a shoeing Em F# When it's not to be your night [Refrão]Bm Tread carefully, so carefully Bb Upon the drifting ice Eb7M Caught behind enemy lines F F# In 1939 Bm Bb For Germany he sacrificed his life Eb7M Caught behind enemy lines F F# There in 1939 Verse: Bm C#7 Kids knee-deep in rubble F#m C#m London urchins grey with dust D A G Packed off ours in evacuations Em To farmers' wives Green and pleasant lives F#m Far from the doodlebugs Bm C#7 Nanna Doll she still remembers F#m C#m Leaving town in worn-out shoes D A G Now she's back out west in sheltered accommodations Em F#m Homes for the old where pills aren't the only blues [Refrão]Bm Tread carefully, so carefully Bbm Upon the drifting ice Eb7M Staring blank into the TV guide F F# In 2009 Bm Bb How it's hurting me, I've only seen her twice Eb7M Since you went west for the second time F F# Since 1939