Em C G/B C G Em G/D Cmaj7 D/F# G G/F#
E|---3--2-|--0-----------0-------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||
B|---0----|--1--x--3-----1--3----|--0-----------0-------|-----------0----------|--------0-------------||
G|---0----|--0--x--0-----0-------|--0-----0--------0----|--------0-----2h-0----|--0--------0----------||
D|---2----|-----x----------------|--------2-----0-------|-----2--------0-------|-----0----------------||
A|--------|--3-----2-----3-------|----------------------|--3-------------------|----------------------||
E|--------|----------------------|--3-------------------|--------------2-------|--3-----------2-------||
Em Cmaj7 D/F#
And how he used to thrill the crowd
G/B Cmaj7 D/F# G
The ready eye with bat and ball
G/F# Em Cmaj7 D/F#
The village fighter, heavy browed
G/B Cmaj7 D/F# G
The Englishman who had it all
Em C G/B Cmaj7 D/F#
A mighty shoulder to the wheel
C G Em Cmaj7 D/F#
To join in battle with the best
G/B Em Cmaj7 D/F#
The iron arm, the will of steel
G/B Cmaj7 D/F# G Em
And heart of oak to mourn the rest
| C G/B C | G Em G/D | Cmaj7 % D/F# | G |
G/F# Em Cmaj7 D/F#
A power harnessed to the game
G/B Cmaj7 D/F# G
Once yoked and tempered fades away
G/F# Em Cmaj7 D/F#
The willing arm, the steady aim
G/B Cmaj7 D/F# G
The youth and fire that won the day
Em C G/B Cmaj7 D/F#
As twilight shadows dim the field
C G Em Cmaj7 D/F#
The ageing fighter stands bereft
G/B Em Cmaj7 D/F#
With just the will to never yield
G/B Cmaj7 D/F# G Em
And heart of oak to mourn what's left
| C G/B C | G Em G/D | Cmaj7 % D/F# | G |