When the Tigers Broke Free Chords & Lyrics by Pink Floyd
When the Tigers Broke Free
guitar chords lyrics
First tab, sorry if it's a bit wrong! I think it's more accurate than the version on
here already, the only thing to note is the F is a single strum, which goes quickly into
the C. If you listen to the song, you'll know what I'm talking about.
C G
It was just before dawn
C
One miserable morning in black 'forty four.
When the forward commander
G
Was told to sit tight
C F C
When he asked that his men be withdrawn.
C G
And the Generals gave thanks
C
As the other ranks held back
The enemy tanks for a while.
And the Anzio bridgehead
G
Was held for the price
C
Of a few hundred ordinary lives.
C G
And kind old King George
C
Sent Mother a note
When he heard that father was gone.
C G
It was, I recall,
C
In the form of a scroll,
F C
With gold leaf and all.
C G
And I found it one day
C
In a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
C G
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
C
His Majesty signed
With his own rubber stamp.
C
It was dark all around.
G
There was frost in the ground
C
When the tigers broke free.
C G
And no one survived
C F C
From the Royal Fusiliers Company C.
C G
They were all left behind,
C
Most of them dead,
The rest of them dying.
C G
And that's how the High Command
C
Took my daddy from me.
