xChristmas_in_the_Trenches 

By_John_McCutcheon 

Winter_Solstice_(1984) 

As_interpreted_by_Joe_G 

 
 

Capo_on_2 

 
 

INTRO:_D,_G,_A,_D 

 
 

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My_name_is_Frances_Tolliver,_I_come_from_Liver-pool 

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Two_years_ago_the_war_was_waiting_for_me_after_school 

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To_Belgium_and_to_Flanders,_to_Germany,_to_here 

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I_fought_for_King_and_country_I_love_dear 

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Twas_Christmas_in_the_trenches,_where_the_frost_so_bitter_hung 

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The_frozen_fields_of_France_were_still,_no_Christmas_song_was_sung 

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Our_families_back_in_England_were_toasting_us_that_day 

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Their_brave_and_glorious_lads_so_far_a-way 

 
 

 
 

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I_was_lying_with_my_messmate,_on_the_cold_and_rocky_ground 

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When_a-cross_the_lines_of_battle_came_a_most_peculiar_sound 

_____D______D/C#___Bm________Bm/A___G________G/F#_______Em 

Says_I,_now_listen_up_me_boys,_each_soldier_strained_to_hear 

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As_one_young_German_voice_sang_out_so_clear 

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Hes_singing_bloody_well_you_know,_my_partner_says_to_me 

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Soon_one_by_one_each_German_voice,_joined_in_in_har-mo-ny 

____D_______D/C#___Bm___Bm/A___G__________G/F#______Em 

The_cannons_rested_silent,_the_gas_clouds_rolled_no_more 

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As_Christmas_brought_us_respite_from_the_war 

 
 

 
 

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As_soon_as_they_were_finished,_and_a_reverent_pause_was_spent 

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God_Rest_Ye_Merry_Gentlemen,_struck_up_some_lads_from_Kent 

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The_next_they_sang_was_"Stille_Nacht",_tis_"Silent_Night"_says_I 

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And_in_two_tongues,_one_song_filled_up_that_sky 

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Theres_someone_comin_twards_us,_the_frontline_sentry_cried 

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All_sights_were_fixed_on_one_lone_figure_trudging_from_their_side 

____D__________D/C#___Bm________Bm/A_______G_______G/F#_____Em 

His_truce_flag_like_a_Christmas_star_shone_on_that_plain_so_bright 

______A_________________Asus4___A______D____D_ 

As_he_bravely_strode_un-armed_into_the_night 

 
 

 
 

_____D______D/C#____Bm_____Bm/A_________G____G/F#_____Em 

Then_one_by_one,_on_either_side,_walked_into_No_Mans_Land 

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With_neither_gun_or_bayonet,_we_met_there_hand_to_hand 

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We_shared_some_secret_brandy_and_wished_each_other_well 

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And_in_a_flare-lit_soccer_game,_we_gave_em_hell 

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We_traded_chocolates,_cigarettes_and_photographs_from_home 

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These_sons_and_fathers_far_away_from_families_of_their_own 

______D_______D/C#_______Bm______Bm/A________G_____G/F#_Em 

Young_Sanders_played_his_squeezebox_and_they_had_a_vi-o-lin 

______A_____________Asus4__A_______D____D_ 

This_curious_and_un-likely_band_of_men 

 
 

 
 

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Soon_daylight_stole_u-pon_us,_and_France_was_France_once_more 

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With_sad_farewells_we_each_began_to_settle_back_to_war 

________D________D/C#____Bm____Bm/A_______G__________G/F#_____Em 

But_the_question_haunted_every_heart_that_lived_that_wondrous_night 

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Whose_family_have_I_fixed_within_my_sights 

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Twas_Christmas_in_the_trenches_where_the_frost_so_bitter_hung 

____Bm_______________Bm/A__________________G____________________Asus4__A 

The_frozen_fields_of_France_were_warmed_as_Christmas_songs_were_sung 

________D__________D/C#____Bm_____Bm/A____G_______G/F#____Em 

For_the_walls_they_kept_be-tween_us_to_ex-act_the_work_of_war 

_________A________________Asus4____A____D____D_ 

Had_been_crumbled_and_are_gone_for_ever-more 

 
 

 
 

______D_______D/C#____Bm____Bm/A___G____G/F#___Em 

Oh_my_name_is_Frances_Tolliver,_in_Liverpool_I_dwell 

_____A____________________Asus4__A____________G____________________D 

Each_Christmas_come_since_World_War_One,_Ive_learned_its_lessons_well 

_________D________D/C#_____Bm___Bm/A_________G________G/F#_____Em 

That_the_ones_who_call_the_shots,_wont_be_a-mong_the_dead_and_lame 

_______A_______________Asus4_____A_____D 

And_on_each_end_of_the_rifle,_were_the_same 

 
 


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