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She's Got Medals

Lyrics and music by David Bowie

 

F  C  G  D  A

      F                C              G          D             A
She'd walk through the door and she'd set up the drinks on the house
             F            C    
She played a good game of darts,
               G          D                   A
and the men slapped her back, never took her out.
    Bm                F#             Bm                 E       A     E
She wore a trenchcoat khaki, her hobnail boots were full of holes
E*     A*  E7*
She's got medals

F  C  G  D  A
     
       F                C             G                  D             A
Her mother called her Mary but she changed her name to Tommy, she's a one
     F                   C                 G         D           A               
She went and joined the army, passed the medical, don't ask me how it's done
      Bm               F#            Bm              E        A   E
They sent her to the front line, fighting for her country's name
E*     A*  E7*
She's got medals

    B*                 G
She got very tired of picking up girls,
C*                     F*
Cleaning her gun, and shaving her curls
Bb*             D#*               C*                  F  C  G  D  A         
Then the enemy dropped a bomb, survivors there were none

F               C                G                 D                  A
People say that when the moon is full and when the stars have gone to bed
        F               C              G                 D           A
You can see a ghost but that's a lie because the naughty woman isn't dead
      Bm                     F#      
She deserted on the previous morning, 
        Bm                      E   A       E
replaced her uniform with dresses silk and green
E*        A*     E*     E*      A*     E*    E*         A*     E*      
Called herself Eileen, came to London town, now she's settled down
E*     A*  E7*  
She's got medals

F  C  G  D  A     F  C  G  D  A

* = strike ones

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A
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B
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Bm
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C
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D
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E
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E7
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F
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G
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