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Capo on 3rd fret
Intro: Em
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When they poured across the border
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I was cautioned to surrender,
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this I could not do
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I took my gun and vanished.
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I have changed my name so often,
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I've lost my wife and children
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but I have many friends,
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and some of them are with me.
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An old woman gave us shelter,
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kept us hidden in the garret,
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then the soldiers came.
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she died without a whisper.
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There were three of us this morning
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I'm the only one this evening
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but I must go on
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the frontiers are my pri-son.
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Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
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through the graves the wind is blowing,
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freedom soon will come
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then we'll come from the shadows.
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Les Allemands étaient chez moi, The Germans were at my home
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ils m'ont dit 'Résigne-toi' They said, 'Sign yourself,'
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mais je n'ai pas peur; But I am not afraid
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j'ai repris mon arme. I have retaken my weapon.
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J'ai change cent fois de nom, I have changed names a hundred times
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j'ai perdu femme et enfants I have lost wife and children
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mais j'ai tant d'amis But I have so many friends
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j'ai la France entire. I have all of France
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Un vieil homme dans un grenier An old man, in an attic
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pour la nuit nous a cache, Hid us for the night
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les Allemands l'ont pris The Germans captured him
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il est mort sans surprise. He died without surprise.
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Oh, the wind, the wind is blowing,
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through the graves the wind is blowing,
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freedom soon will come;
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then we'll come from the shadows.