German Soldiers Helmet Circa 1943

by R I McNabb

Chords are easy, the picking takes a bit of getting used to. This is from memory, my guitar's in the next room and I'm too darn lazy to fetch it.

The chords are:

.....EADGBe
C....x32010
G....320033
D....xx0232
Em...022000

Intro

...C............................D.............G.

e..0......0.....................2.............3.
B..1..1.3.....3...1....0........3..........0..3.
G..0..........................0.2....2.0.2....0.
D..2.....................0h2....0.0...........0.
A..3.3......3...3...3.........................2.
E.............................................3.

...C............................D.............G.

e..0......0.....................2.............3.
B..1..1.3.....3...1....0........3.............3.
G..0..........................0.2....2.0...0..0.
D..2.....................0h2....0.0......4....0.
A..3.3......3...3...3.........................2.
E.............................................3.

     C             G             D              G
When I was just a young boy, My mother said to me
           C               G               D           G
Would you like to come to town today, And keep me company
    C               G                    D                   G
We walked around department stores, She bought me lots of sweets
     C                   G                 D                 Em
She bought the things a family needs, And bought herself a treat
    C              G     D           G
She asked me if I wanted anything at all
       C                G              D                   G
As we walked outside a junk shop, just behind the old town hall
     C                G              D                   G
So I looked into the window, and displayed there to my glee
      C               G            D  G
Was a German Soldiers Helmet circa 1943

   C                G           D               G
I asked if I could have it, And she looked horrified
     C                 G                 D                 G
She must have thought about the war, And all those who had died
    C                 G            D                G
She said we'd ask my father, And grabbed me by my hand
   C               G              D             Em
So I went home to tell my Dad, I knew he'd understand
    C                 G           D              G
Cos he fought in the desert, It's what he had to do
  C              G                D              G
Imagine what it would be like, If it were me or you
       C                  G         D                G
So he gave me ten pounds fifty, The asking price you see
        C               G            D  G
For the German Soldiers Helmet circa 1943

     C                    G            D              G
The years have passed so quickly, And nothing is the same
    C                   G               D           G
And I've moved home so many times, But noone is to blame
   C              G          D             G
I never thought about it, I never had the time
 C                  G                D              Em
Playing this crazy rock and roll, I nearly lost my mind
     C             G           D                 G
But just the other evening, Beneath the cellar stairs
   C                 G                 D             G
I banged my knee on something hard, I gave a little curse
   C              G                   D               G
I shone my torch into the dark, And guess what I did see...
   C               G           D  G
A German Soldiers Helmet circa 1943
        C               G              D             C  
Thanks Mum and Dad for buying me this piece of history

(then play second half on the intro above)