A Pittance Of Time

A__D__G__A__Bm__G__D__A G They C fought and some Am died for their F home G land They C fought and some Am died now it’s F our G land Look at F his little Am child, there’s no F fear in her C eyes Could he Am not show C respect for F other dads who have G died Take two C minutes, would you Am mind? It’s a F pittance of G time For the C boys and the Am girls who F went G over In C peace may they Am rest, may we F never forGget… Why they Am died… F It’s a pittance of G time G God forC give me for Am wanting to F strike G him Give me C strength so as Am not to be F like G him My heart F pounds in my C breast, fingers F pressed to my Am lips My throat C wants to bawl Am out, my tongue F barely G resists But two C minutes I will Am bide, it’s a F pittance of G time For the C boys and the Am girls who F went G over In C peace may they Am rest, may we F never forGget why they C died... F it’s a pittance of G time A__D__G__A__Bm__G__D__A Read the C letters and Am poems of the F heroes at G home They have C casualties, Am battles, and F fears of their G own There’s a F price to be C paid if you Am go, if you G stay Freedom’s Am fought for and C won in F numerous G ways Take two C minutes, would you Am mind? It’s a F pittance of G time For the C boys and the Am girls all F over G May we C never Am forget our F young become G vets At the Am end of the C line… F it’s a pittance of G time It takes C courage to Am fight in your F own G war It takes C courage to Am fight someone F else’s G war Our F peacekeepers Am tell of their F own living Am hell They bring C hope to foreign Am lands that the hate F mongers can’t G k**l Take two C minutes, would you Am mind? It’s a F pittance of G time For the C boys and the Am girls who go F over G In F peace time our C best still F don battle Am dress And lay their C lives on the Am line... F it’s a pittance of G time In C peace may they Am rest Glest we forAmget why they C died F Take a pittance of G time