When The Tigers Broke Free Chords & Lyrics - Pink Floyd

[C]It was just before dawn [G]one miserable
[Am]morning in [C]black forty-[G]four..
[C]When the forward commander was [G]told to sit tight..
When [C]asked that his [G]men be with[C]drawn..
And the [G]generals gave [C]thanks as the other ranks
held [G]be the enemy [C]tanks - for a while..
And [C]then the Anzio beachhead was [G]held for the price
of a [Am]few hundred or[G]dinary [C]lives..

[C]And kind old King George [G]sent mother
a [Am]note when he [C]heard that [G]father was gone..
[C]It was, as I recall, [G]in the form of a scroll
[C]with golden [F]leaf and [G] , [C]all..
And [G]I found it [C]one day
in a drawer of old [G]photographs hidden [C]away..
And my [C]eyes still grow damp to [G]remember
his Majesty [C]signed with his [G]own rubber [C]stamp..

[C]It was dark all around..
[G]There was frost in the ground
[C]when the [Am]Tigers broke [G]free..
[C]And noone survived [G]from the Royal Fusi[C]liers Company [G] , [C]C..[G]
They were all left be[C]hind..
Most of them [G]dead..
The rest of them [C]dying..
[C]And that's how the [G]High Command took my [C]Daddy
[G]from [C]me....