The Few - Raf Song Chords

  			Intro: C   G   Bb   F 

Verso 1: 
Am 
We fighter pilots 
                  F 
Fought the German chaps 

In World War II 
   C 
In Hurricanes and Spitfires 
          G 
Performed feats of derring-do 
Am 
The finest British pilots 
         Bb 
That the world could hope to have 
F                                       G 
Binky! Stinky! Squiffy! Franstisek! And Stansislav! 

Pré-Refrão 
Dm                       C 
Hold fire, is that some foreign chaps 
F             G 
Risking their necks? 
       Dm                 C 
That's right! Some of the bravest men 

F               G 
Were Polish and Czech! 


 
C          G 
We like to fire 
        Bb                F 
Beating Jerries' our one desire 

Yeah yeah! 
F              C 
All we do each night is pray 
      Dm            F 
We'll live to fight another day 


Take That Hitler! 

Verso 2:
Am 
My name is Douglas Barder 
       F 
Let me tell of my ordeal 
     C 
Lost both legs in an accident 
G 
These ones are not real (They're not real) 
  Am 
I left the air force after that 
Bb 
Flying was a hobby 
    F 
But when war broke in '39 
     G 
Came back! (Just like Robbie) 

Dm        C 
Shot down 22 of them 
    F       G 
Led the air attack 
      Dm         C 
Till finally the Luftwaffe 
F      G 
Hit me back! Oh no pretty baby 

 

C            G 
His plane on fire 
         Bb 
Stuck in Colditz 
                F 
Such a shame to retire 

Yeah yeah! 

F                 C 
Never forget this great mans story 
Dm              F 
And his role in Britain's glory 


Ponte:
   Bb 
We flew in tough conditions 
      F 
Lucky to survive five missions 

Ab 
Not that I'm complaining 
         Eb 
But I've had just ten hours training 
     Bb 
Epic dogfights in the sky 
F 
Outnumbered, that's why 
Ab 
We're now known by you 
Eb 
As The Few... 
F   Gm    Am   Bm 
Phew, he missed me! 

Verso 3:
Am 
The Battle of Britain 
        F 
Was our pilots' finest hour 
C 
Although it seemed at first 
            G 
The Germans were the stronger power (Oh, so strong) 
   Am 
We mustered all our courage 
   Bb 
In summer 1940 
F 
Scrambled Air Force squadrons to fly 
G 
Sortie after sortie 
Dm       C 
Saw Nazi invasion off 
F              G 
Just as airmen should 
Dm                C 
Our bravery meant Hitler 
         F           G 
Wouldn't be back for good 

No, no 



C           G 
We beat the Fuhrer 
                    Bb 
Without us frequent flyers 
                   F 
Your life would be poorer 

Yeah yeah! 
C       G 
Britain securer 
               Bb                   F 
Our stories of heroics will forever endure 

Wow, yeah yeah! 

So I think you'll find its true... 


"Never in the field of human conflict, 
was so much owed, by so many, to so few." - Winston Churchill