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Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert And Southampton Dock

Roger Waters
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D-DU-UDU
Brezhnev  took Afghanistan
And  Begin took Beirut
Galtieri  took the Union Jack
 And Maggie,  over lunch one day,
 Took a cruiser  with all hands
 Apparently  to make him give it back.
 Uuuuuuuh  Maggie what have you done?
They  disembarked in 45,
And  no-one spoke and no-one smiled
There  were to many spaces in the line
 Gathered at the cenotaph
All  agreed with the hand on heart,
To  sheath the sacrificial knives
 But now she stands  upon Southampton dock
 With her handkerchief
 And her summer frock clings
 To her wet body in the rain.
 In quiet desperation knuckles
White  upon the slippery reins
 She bravely  waves the boys goodbye again
 Uuuuuuuh  Maggie what have you done?
And  still the dark stain spreads between
 His shoulder  blades
A  mute reminder of the poppy  fields and graves
And when  the fight was over
 We spent  what they  had made
 But in  the bottom of our hearts
 We felt the final cut.
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-8-8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5---/12--|
G|--------------------------------------------------7------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

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Readable chord sheet for Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert And Southampton Dock by Roger Waters

[G]Brezhnev took Afghanistan
[C]And Begin took Beirut
[D]Galtieri took the Union [G]Jack
And [G]Maggie, over lunch one day,
Took a [C]cruiser with all hands
Ap[D]parently to make him give it ba[G]ck.
Uuuuuuuh[C] Maggie what have you done?[G]
[G]They disembarked in 45,
[C]And no-one spoke and no-one smiled
[D]There were to many spaces in the li[G]ne

Gathered at the cenotaph
[C]All agreed with the hand on heart,
[D]To sheath the sacrificial knive[G]s
But now she [G]stands upon Southampton dock
With her [C]handkerchief
And her summer frock [D]clings
To her wet body in the rai[G]n.

In quiet desperation knuckles
[C]White upon the slippery reins
She [D]bravely waves the boys goodbye aga[G]in
Uuuuuuuh[C] Maggie what have you done?[G]
[C]And still the dark stain spreads between
His [G]shoulder blades
[C]A mute reminder of the [G]poppy fields and graves  [G7]      [Am7]
[G7]And [C]when the fight was [D]over   [Em7]        [D7]
We [G]spent what [Cm7]they had [Em]made
But [Am7]in the bottom of our hearts

We felt the final cut.

E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-8-8-5-8-5-8-5-8-5---/12--|
G|--------------------------------------------------7------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

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