After These Wars

(flute arranged for guitar) Am G Am After battle, with wounds to lick G Em Am And beaus and belles all reuniting Am G Am Rationing, austerity: G Em D It did us good after the fighting Dm C Dm Now, time to bid some fond farewells C Dm C Dm And walk away from em-pires crumbling Dm C Dm Post-war baby-boom to fuel C Dm C Dm With post-Victorian half-dressed fumbling Bm A Bm I see a screen, grey cathode tube A F#m Bm In walnut cabinet, pride of place Bm A Bm In holy family living room A F#m E Clipped-tone announcer, powdered face Em D Em And now to mould public opinion D Em D Em Sanctify the good and great Em D Em Lordly over his dominion D Em D Em Brash television seals our fate Am G Am After these wars, when gentler winds were blowing Am C G F C Af-ter these wars, when stocking tops were showing F C G/B Am When the Co-op gave us daily bread and penicillin raised the dead F G C5 E5 Am G Em F G Am And combine harvesters kept us fed, after these wars Am G Am We thanked the Yank and thanked the Lord G Em Am For sparing us from dark invasion Am G Am Now to liberate, rebuild G Em D And balance Europe's new equation Dm C Dm Spooky spies in from the cold C Dm C Dm With lies and secrets to be sold Dm C Dm To bigger brothers, bigger bombs C Dm C Dm Le Carré thrillers to be told Bm A Bm We take our place amongst those others A F#m Bm Who would punch above their weight Bm A Bm Divest ourselves of glowing mantle A F#m E Mantle of old Britain Great Em D Em Bit part cast in Hollywood D Em D Em Ripe old thespian, to-lerated Em D Em World-weary ham upon the stage D Em D Em Evergreen but o- ver-rated Am G Am After these wars, when gentler winds were blowing Am C G F C Af-ter these wars, when stocking tops were showing F C G/B Am When the Co-op gave us daily bread and penicillin raised the dead F G C5 E5 Am G Em F G Am And combine harvesters kept us fed, after these wars Am G Am Am C G F C F C G/B Am F G C5 E5 Am G Em F G Am (flute arranged for guitar)