Bless Em All
George FormbyVersion1
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They say there's a troopship just leaving Bombay, bound for old Blighty shore
Heavily laden with time expired men, bound for the land they adore.
There's many an airman just finishing his time, there's many a twerp signing on.
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless 'em All.
Bless em All, Bless em All, the long and the short and the tall
Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones,
Bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons,
Cos were saying goodbye to them all, as back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless 'em All
They say if you work hard you'll get better pay
We've heard all that before
Clean up your buttons and polish your boots
Scrub out the barrack room floor
There's many a rookie has taken it in, hook line and sinker an 'all
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless em All
Bless em All, Bless em All, the long and the short and the tall
Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones,
Bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons,
Cos were saying goodbye to them all, as back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless em All
Now they say that the Sergeant's a very nice chap, oh what a tale to tell.
Ask him for leave on a Saturday night and he'll pay your fare home as well.
There's many an airman has blighted his life through writing rude words on the wall
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless em All
Bless em All, Bless em All, the long and the short and the tall
Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones,
Bless all the corprals and their blinkin sons,
Cos were saying goodbye to them all, as back to their billets they crawl
You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean, so cheer up my lads, Bless em All
Nobody knows what a twerp you have been, so cheer up my lads, bless em all
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Readable chord sheet for Bless Em All by George Formby
[A] [A7] [D] They [D]say there's a troopship just leaving Bombay, bound for old Blighty [A]shore Heavily laden with time expired men, [A7]bound for the land they a[D]dore. There's [D]many an airman just finishing his time, there's many a twerp signing [A]on. You'll get no pro[A7]motion this [A]side of the [A7]ocean, so [A]cheer up my [A7]lads, Bless 'em [D]All. Bless em [D]All, Bless em All, the long and the [D7]short and the [G]tall [A]Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones, [E7]Bless all the [E]corprals and [A]their blinkin [A7]sons, Cos were s[D]aying goodbye to them all, as [D7]back to their billets they cr[G]awl You'll [A]get no pro[A7]motion this [A]side of the [A7]ocean, so [A]cheer up my [A7]lads, Bless 'em [D]All They [D]say if you work hard you'll get better pay We've heard all that be[A]fore Clean up your buttons and polish your boots [A7]Scrub out the barrack room [D]floor There's [D]many a rookie has taken it in, hook line and sinker an '[A]all You'll [A]get no pro[A7]motion this [A]side of the [A7]ocean, so [A]cheer up my [A7]lads, Bless em A[D]ll Bless em [D]All, Bless em All, the long and the [D7]short and the [G]tall [A]Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones, [E7]Bless all the [E]corprals and [A]their blinkin [A7]sons, Cos were s[D]aying goodbye to them all, as [D7]back to their billets they cr[G]awl You'll [A]get no pro[A7]motion this [A]side of the [A7]ocean, so [A]cheer up my [A7]lads, Bless em A[D]ll Now they [D]say that the Sergeant's a very nice chap, oh what a tale to [A]tell. Ask him for leave on a Saturday night and [A7]he'll pay your fare home as [D]well. There's [D]many an airman has blighted his life through writing rude words on the [A]wall You'll [A]get no pro[A7]motion this [A]side of the [A7]ocean, so [A]cheer up my [A7]lads, Bless em A[D]ll Bless em [D]All, Bless em All, the long and the [D7]short and the [G]tall [A]Bless all the sergeants and W. O. ones, [E7]Bless all the [E]corprals and [A]their blinkin [A7]sons, Cos were s[D]aying goodbye to them all, as [D7]back to their billets they cr[G]awl You'll [A]get no pro[A7]motion this [A]side of the [A7]ocean, so [A]cheer up my [A7]lads, Bless em A[D]ll [D]Nobody knows what a [G]twerp you have [Gm]been, so [E]cheer up my [A7]lads, bless em [D]all [A] [G] [A7] [G7] [D] [C] [D7] [C7] [G] [F] [E7] [D7] [Gm] [Fm]