When The Tigers Broke Free
Key: CEnglish
Verse
It was Cjust before dawn one G#miserable morning Cin black forty-four
CWhen the forward commander was told to sit tight
When they asked that his F/Cmen be Cwithdrawn
CAnd the generals gave thanks as the other ranks
G#Held back the enemy Ctanks for a while
And the CAnzio Bridgehead was G#held for the price
Of a Cfew hundred ordinary lives
Verse
CAnd kind old King GGeorge sent Mother a Cnote when Ghe heard that Father was gone
CIt was I Grecall in the form of a Cscroll with gold leaf and all
CAnd I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs hidden away
CAnd my eyes still grow damp to G#remember
His Majesty Csigned with his own rubber stamp
Verse
CIt was dark all Garound there was frost on the Cground
When the Tigers broke Gfree
CAnd no-one survived from the Royal Fusiliers Company "C"
GThey were all left Cbehind most of them Gdead - the rest of them Cdying
CAnd that's how the Ghigh command took my Cdaddy from me