A pittance of time    (video)

 

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1. They fought and some died for their homeland,

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    they fought and some died, now it’s our land.

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    Look at his little child, there’s no fear in her eyes,

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     could he not show respect for other dads who have died ?

 

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    Take two minutes, would you mind? It’s a pittance of time

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    for the boys and the girls who went o.......ver.

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     In peace may they rest, may we never forget,

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    why they died,                  it’s a pittance of time.

 

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2. God forgive me for wanting to strike him,

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    give me strength so as not to be like him.

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    My heart pounds in my breast, fingers pressed to my lips,

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    my throat wants to bawl out, my tongue barely resists.

 

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    But two minutes I will bide, it’s a pittance of time,

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    for the boys and the girls who went o.......ver.

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    In peace may they rest, may we never forget

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    why they died,                 it’s a pittance of time.

 

+  C - Am - F - G - F - C - Dm - G (2x)

 

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3. Read the letters and poems of the heroes at home,

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    they have casualties, battles, and fears of their own.

 

 

 

 

 

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    There’s a price to be paid, if you go, if you stay,

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    freedom’s fought for and won in numerous ways.

 

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    Take two minutes, would you mind ? It’s a pittance of time

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    for the boys and the girls all o........ver.

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    May we never forget our young become vets,

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    at the end of the line,          it’s a pittance of time.

 

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4. It takes courage to fight in your own war,

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    it takes courage to fight someone else’s war.

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    Our peacekeepers tell of their own living hell,

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    they bring hope to foreign lands that hatemongers can’t kill.

 

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    Take two minutes, would you mind? It’s a pittance of time

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    for the boys and the girls who go o........ver.

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    In peacetime our best still don battle dress,

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    and lay their lives on the line,           it’s a pittance of time.

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    In Peace may they rest, lest we forget why they died,

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    take a pittance of time.          + C - Em - F - C - Dm - G - C

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Terry Kelly)