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Verse 1
D Bb C D
Goering's on the phone to Freiburg he says Willie's done quite a job
D Bb C D
Hitler's on the phone from Berlin he says I'm gonna make you a star
E D C
My Captain von Odine heres your next patrol
D E D C
A flight of English bombers across the canal
D E D C
After twelve they'll all be here
A
I think you know the job
Chorus
A A B B B D A A A B A A B B B D A A A B A A B B B D A A A B
They hung there dependant from the sky
A A B B B D A A A B
Like some heavy metal fruit
A A B B B D A A B
These bom-------bers are ripened ready to tilt
D F#
Must these Englishmen live that I might die must they live that I might die
Instrumental
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Verse 2
D
In a G-load disaster from the rate of climb
Bb C D
sometimes I'd faint and be lost to our side
But theres no reward for failure but death
Bb C D
so watch me in the mirror keep me in the glidepath
E D C
Get me through these radars no I cannot fail
D E D C
not when my silver slugs are eager to feed
D E D C
I cannot fail no not now
A
when twenty five bombers wait ripe
Chorus
A A B B B D A A A B A A B B B D A A A B A A B B B D A A A B
They hung there dependant from the sky
A A B B B D A A A B
Like some heavy metal fruit
A A B B B D A A B
These bom-------bers are ripened ready to tilt
D F#
Must these Englishmen live that I might die must they live that I might die
Instrumental
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Verse 3
D
Me-262 prince of turbojet
Bb C D
Junkers jumo 004
D
Blasts from clustered R4M quartets in my snout
Bb C D
See these English planes go burn
E D C
Now you be my witness how red were the skies
D E D C
When the fortresses flow for the very last time
D E D C
It was dark over Westphalia
A
in april of '45
Chorus
A A B B B D A A A B A A B B B D A A A B A A B B B D A A A B
They hung there dependant from the sky
A A B B B D A A A B
Like some heavy metal fruit
A A B B B D A A B
These bom-------bers are ripened ready to tilt
D F#
Must these Englishmen live that I might die must they live that I might die
Outro
(x2)
D Bb C D
Must these Englishmen live that I might die Junkers jumo 004
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