Never Returned

A A He dropped outta school when he was 16 E He said: "Mum and Dad I'm gonna be a Royal Marine" B So he went down to the AFCO D and signed his name to the Queen's payroll A Basic training went by in the breeze E Didn't break a sweat, he passed it with ease B A lot dropped out but not our boy D The next thing he knows, he is on foreign soil A Shoved to the front with a gun in his hand E The boy that went out came back a different man B His eyes once bright, now seem dull D A What he saw, he never told A For six month at a time he's on the front line E then back home again to see his family and friends B But time moves quick and he's off again D that's the last time we’ll - see - him D B Don't know what he saw A G# F# He never said a word D E A Coz the boy that went away never re-turned A He dropped outta school when he was 16 E He said: "Mum and Dad I'm gonna be a Royal Marine" B So he went down to the AFCO D and signed his name to the Queen's payroll A Was it worth all the broken hearts? E Fighting wars that ain't even ours? B Believe me or not but he did come back D in the wooden box drapped in Union Jack... D B Don't know what he saw A G# F# He never said a word D E A Coz the boy that went away never re-turned D B Don't know what he saw A G# F# He never said a word D E A Coz the boy that went away never re-turned D B Don't know what he saw A G# F# He never said a word D E A Coz the boy that went away never re-turned D B Don't know what he saw A G# F# He never said a word D E A Coz the boy that went away never re-turned D B Don't know what he saw A G# F# He never said a word D E A Coz the boy that went away never re-turned