Chords to Great War songs

[IanA]

I suggest that you look in a few bookshops. Popular music of the 20s and 30s more often than not had ukulele chords printed over the piano version and it is invariably reasonably priced.

[At Home Dad]

regarding books, Wiki suggests:

Tunebooks

• "Oh! It's a Lovely War: Songs Ballads and Parodies of the Great War", by EMI Music Publishing (1978)
• "Mud, Songs and Blighty: A Scrapbook of the First World War" by Colin Walsh (1975)

Textbooks

• "When This Bloody War is Over: Soldiers' Songs of the First World War" by Max Arthur (2001)
• "Dark Laughter: War in Song and Popular Culture" by Les Cleveland (1994)

More reading list here: http://faculty.buffalostate.edu/fishlm/fol...gs/military.htm

This sounds great! Tommy's Tunes. A Comprehensive Collection of Soldiers' Songs, Marching Melodies, Rude Rhymes, and Popular Parodies, Composed, Collected and Arranged on Active Service with the B.E.F., by F. T. Nettleingham [sic], 2nd LT. R.F.C. London: Erskine MacDonald, Ltd.,1917.

there's a copy here for forty quid

http://www.antiqbook.co.uk/boox/bookca/7783.shtml

Kind regards

[redorchestra]

Cheers for that. I've ordered the 'Mud songs and blighty' collection as it was only a tenner. Hope it has the chords in it!

[Skipman]

Keep the home fires burning

(A maj) They were summoned /(D maj) from the / (A maj) hillside they were called in

/(Dminor) from the (A maj) glen and the

/(E7th) country found them /(Amaj) ready at the

/(B7th) stirring call for / (E7th) men let no

/ (A maj) tears add / (Dmaj) to their (Amaj) hardships as the soldiers

/ (D minor) pass a-/ (Amaj) long /(B 9th) and al- / (C# min) though your heart is / (F# minor 7th) breaking make it

/(B7th) sing this cheery / (E7th) song-----

(A maj) Keep the home fires / (E 7th) burning / (F# minor) while your hearts are

(C# 7th) yearning / (D maj) though your lads are

(A maj) far a- /(F # minor) way they

/(B 7th) dream of / (E 7th) home

/(A maj) there's a silver / (E major) lining

/(F # minor) through the dark clouds / (C# 7th) shining

/(D maj) turn the dark clouds / (A maj) inside / (F # minor) out 'til the

/(B 7th) boys / (E 7th) come / (A maj) home

What a song, enjoy.

Have edited at although your heart is BREAKING from F# 7th to F# MINOR 7th.

[redorchestra]

Cheers Skipman, that's a cracking version!

[Skipman]

IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY

Intro-Gmaj/E7th/Aminor/D7th

(G maj) Up to mighty London came an Irish /(E 7th) lad one/ (A minor) day /D 7th)

/(G maj)All the streets were paved with gold so/(F#7th) everyone was/(B minor)gay/ (D 7th)

/(G maj) Singing songs of Piccadilly/ (F# 7th) Strand and Leicester / (B minor) Square 'til

/(B major) Paddy got ex /(E minor) -cited and he / (A 7th) shouted to them / (D 7th) there---it's a

(G maj) Long way to Tipperary it's a / (C maj) long way to / (G maj) go. (E diminished) (G maj)

It's a long way to Tipperary to the /(A 7th) sweetest girl i / (D 7th) know

/(G maj) goodbye Piccadilly / (C maj) farewell Leicester / (B 7th) square it's a

/(G maj) long long way to Tippe- /(E diminished) -ra-/(G maj) -ry but

/(E minor) my heart's / (A 7th) / /(D 7th) right /(G maj) there.

[redorchestra]

Thanks guys.

Can I ask for a few more, if anyone has the time or patience?

Oh! What a lovely war (anyone have a version of this other than the OWALW cast soundtrack, as the version i have is more of a medley with bits of 'knees up mother brown' in it..)

Good byee-ee!

Take me back to dear old blighty

Mademoiselle from Armentieres

Hanging on the old barbed wire

Great war tunes are officially 100 times easier to play on the ukulele than on the guitar..