Dieppe chords

[VERSE 1]
‘Twas the [Em]eighteenth day of August, in [A]nineteen-forty-two
When we [Em]sailed away from England, and [A]no - one knew where to
W[C]e’d re - ceived no [D]orders, no [Em]friends to see us leave
The [C]Second Canadian Di - [D]vision, with the [Em]blue patch on our sleeve

[VERSE 2]
‘Twas e[Em]arly the next morning, when e[A]verything was still
We [Em]saw those tracer bullets, come [A]at us from the hill
But the [C]mission would con – [D]tinue; we [Em]could not comprehend
What [C]was about to [D]happen, on the [Em]beaches at Dieppe

[CHORUS]
The enemy was [C]waiting [D] - they’d taken up their [Em]post
Amid a hail of b[C]ullets - we [D]landed on the [Em]coast
Many men were [C]wounded [D] - and no one can for - [Em]get
The ones who died so [C]bravely, on the [D]beaches at Di - [Em]eppe

[VERSE 3]
It was [Em]early in the morning, when we [A]started in to fight
The m[Em]ortar bombs came at us, from in [A]front, and left and right
They [C]fired at us [D]from the cliffs, they [Em]bombed us from the air
But the [C]Second Canadian Di - [D]vision, would [Em]not so easily scare

[VERSE 4]
Well we [Em]fought for eight long hours, from [A]6 a.m. ‘til two
The l[Em]osses were terrific - there was [A]nothing we could do
The [C]navy tried to [D]help us, but [Em]they could not defend
And [C]so we sur - [D]rendered, on the [Em]beaches at Dieppe

[CHORUS]
Now we’ve been taken [C]prisoner [D] - in the middle of no - [Em]where
The war goes on with - [C]out us - a [D]bitter fate to [Em]bear
Though many of our c[C]omrades fell [D] - we never will for - [Em]get
They gave their lives there [C]fighting, on the [D]beaches at Di - [Em]eppe

And when this war is [C]over [D] - and once again we're [Em]free
To our homeland we'll be [C]sailing, to a [D]land of liber - [Em]ty
Carrying our [C]battle scars [D] - and no one will for - [Em]get
The morning that he [C]landed, on the [D]beaches at Di - [Em]eppe