Kokoda chords

[INTRO]
[A]

[VERSE 1]
With no [A]shouldered arms or [D]bayonet fixed they [E]march on Anzac [A]Day
[D]Measured tramp of s[E]teel-shod heels a memory [E]away
[A]Veterans of a [D]jungle war who [E]went to hell and[A] back
[E]Those ragged bloody heroes of that [D]grim Kokoda t[A]rack

[VERSE 2]
[A]So dig your reversed [D]rifles in the [E]mire of m[A]emory
The s[E]wirling mists of time have healed the s[A]cars
You c[A]limbed that golden s[D]tairway to [E]keep our country [A]free
Where the j[D]ungle hid your ni[E]ghtmare from the s[A]tars
When [E]sullen days brought no relief from b[A]lood, muck, and mire
And [D]death was ever s[A]triding at your b[E]ack
You t[A]rod that hallowed path to be baptized in hell[D]fire
The [A]ragged bloody heroes of that [E]grim Kokoda t[A]rack

[CHORUS]
Oh, the [E]devil took the hindmost and the s[A]nipers took the fore
With no [D]quarter asked or g[A]iven in that muddy, bloody [E]war
With black [A]angels there to guide them, salvoes by their [D]side
Those [D]ragged bloody h[A]eroes simply [E]marched and fought and d[A]ied

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK]
[A] [D] [A] [E] [A]

[VERSE 3]
[A]Astride a broken m[D]ountaintop you [E]stood defiant[A]ly
As the [E]devil took your comrades one by [A]one
He t[A]aunted you and [D]beckoned you to [E]face eterni[A]ty
You sa[D]luted with a [E]burning Thompson [A]gun
His h[E]and was on your shoulder like a b[A]urning grip of steel
But you t[D]urned him and you f[A]ought off his at[E]tack
You [A]broke the devil's squadrons and you brought him to your h[D]eel
[A]The ragged bloody heroes of that [E]grim Kokoda t[A]rack

[CHORUS]
Oh, the [E]devil took the hindmost and the s[A]nipers took the fore
With no [D]quarter asked or [A]given in that muddy, bloody [E]war
While p[A]oliticians pondered and great generals swelled with [D]pride
Those [D]ragged bloody h[A]eroes simply [E]marched and fought and [A]died

[VERSE 4]
With no s[A]houldered arms or [D]bayonet fixed they [E]march on Anzac [A]Day
With the [D]memory of [A]white crosses, mounds of fresh-turned [E]clay
Of [A]green fields and a [D]bugle call and a s[E]olemn requi[A]em
And at the [Asus]going down of the sun and in the morning[E7] we will remember them [A]

[OUTRO]
Those [E]ragged bloody heroes of that [D]grim Kokoda [A]track
Those [E]ragged bloody heroes of that [D]grim Kokoda [A]track

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