David Bowie

She's Got Medals



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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 21:55:12 -0800 (PST)

From: toomey

Subject: CRD: b/bowie_david/shes_got_medals.crd

 

She's Got Medals by David Bowie (From "London Boy" and many other

compilations of his pre-"Space Oddity" days)

 

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She'd walk through the door and she'd set up the drinks on the house

F C G D A

She played a good game of darts, and the men slapped her back, never took

her out.

Bm F# Bm E A E

She wore a trenchcoat garkey(?), her hobnail boots were full of holes.

E A E7

She's got medals.

 

Her mother called her Mary but she changed her name to Tommy, she's a one.

She went and joined the army, passed the medical, don't ask me how it's done.

They sent her to the front line, fighting for her country's name

She's got medals.

 

B G

She got very tired of picking up girls,

C F

Cleaning her gun, and shaving her curls

A# D# C F C G D A

Then the enemy dropped a bomb, survivors there were none!

 

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People say that when the moon is full and when the stars have gone to bed

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You can see a ghost but that's a lie because the naughty woman isn't dead.

Bm F# Bm E A

E

She deserted on the previous morning, replaced her uniform with dresses silk

and green

E A E E A E E A E E A

E7

Called herself Eileen, came to London town, now she's settled down. She's

got medals.

 

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