{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2462404,"song":"When Margaret Was Eleven","artist":"Malinky","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11503155-when-margaret-was-eleven-chords-by-malinky/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2462404?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy father sailed away, the band played tunes of glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA giant man with ribbons, bedevilled dignity[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA regimental sergeant, the backbone of the Empire[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor god and righteous glory, bound for High Germany[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSweet lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Your father's gone campaigning\", was a way of not explaining[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy childhood passed away midst the tales and lurid stories[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf manufactured glories and inhuman gallantry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI asked, \"When is war over?\", but no one deemed to answer me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Margaret played that dreaded tune called High Germany[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSweet lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Your father's gone campaigning\", was a way of not explaining[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy father made it home, but he came without his reason[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTwo eyes of molten madness, a senseless fool of war[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"He's just a child,\" my mother cried, \"to be dressed in full regalia[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd paraded as a hero, home from High Germany\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSweet lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey served us war for breakfast and soldiers' songs for tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Your father's gone campaigning\", was a way of not explaining[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSweet lord, I was just seven when Margaret was eleven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey served us war for breakfast, aye, and soldiers' songs for tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Your father's gone campaigning\", was a way of not explaining[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat soldiers are the living proof of our inhumanity[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere'll be no tunes of glory for Margaret and me[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG  C  G    C  G    C  G    C  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  C  G    C  G    C  G    C  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}