She's Got Medals
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#Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:55:12 -0800 (PST)
#From: toomey
#Subject: CRD: b/bowie_david/shes_got_medals.crd
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#She's Got Medals by David Bowie (From "London Boy" and many other
#compilations of his pre-"Space Oddity" days)
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F C G D A
She'd walk through the door and she'd set up the drinks on the house
F C G D A
She played a good game of darts, and the men slapped her back, never took
her out.
Bm F# Bm E A E
She wore a trenchcoat garkey(?), her hobnail boots were full of holes.
E A E7
She's got medals.
Her mother called her Mary but she changed her name to Tommy, she's a one.
She went and joined the army, passed the medical, don't ask me how it's done.
They sent her to the front line, fighting for her country's name
She's got medals.
B G
She got very tired of picking up girls,
C F
Cleaning her gun, and shaving her curls
A# D# C F C GDA
Then the enemy dropped a bomb, survivors there were none!
F C G D A
People say that when the moon is full and when the stars have gone to bed
F C G D A
You can see a ghost but that's a lie because the naughty woman isn't dead.
E
She deserted on the previous morning, replaced her uniform with dresses silk
and green
E7
Called herself Eileen, came to London town, now she's settled down. She's
got medals.
FCGDAFCGDA