Another Man's Cause
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Written by The Levellers, from their excellent 2nd album "Levelling The Land".
Trans. by Jeremy Aston (jeremya@pavilion.co.uk)
This is a great song. Simple to play (like most of the Levellers' stuff),
but is enhanced by adding rhythmic hammer-ons and pull-offs in the latter
stages. Listen to the song and get into it...
A few minor corrections added by Keith Dunnett (keithdunnett@yahoo.com)
13/10/99, working from the version on Levelling the Land. Jeremy's
transcription is excellent, musically totally accurate, I have just
corrected minor problems with the lyrics, a couple of spelling errors &
added my own playing notes.
This is an excellent song, and an excellent place to start if you want to
play Levellers stuff. There is a brilliant acoustic version to be found on
One Way of Life CD 2, available from www.levellers.co.uk. Play this song
gently, with a soft, soulful sound on the verses, breaking out with some
force on the choruses & bridge. You may find it easier to use barre chords
for the bridge, or even for the whole song.
Intro
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Am G F G
Am G F G
Verse 1
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Am
Gunshots shattering the peace of night
G
It's just another firefight
F G
For the people of this little town
Am
But for the dying soldier
G
Well he's feeling ten years older
F G
As he's lying face down on the ground
Am
All the words that are in his head
G
And all the words his mother said
F G
As she would put him to bed back home
Chorus
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C G Am
Your Daddy well he died in the Falklands
C G Am
Fighting for another man's cause
C G Am
And your brother he was killed in the last war
C G Am
And your mother, well she's lying home alone
G F G
Am G F G
Verse Two
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Am
Every day she sees your face
G
On the picture on the fireplace
F G
With your brother as he was leaving school
Am
Then the day came five years ago
G
You said "Mother, I need to know"
F G
And you spoke the words your brother spoke before
Am
"I've seen the things my Daddy's done
G
And I've seen the medals that he's won
F G G Am
And I know this is what he would have wanted for me
G Am
CHORUS
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Bridge
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F G Am G
Now she wonders at it all
F G Am G
Just in whose name, did these brave young heroes fall?
F G Am G
And how many more are gonna answer that call?
F G Am
They're gonna fight, fight and die in another country's war
G F G Am G
They're gonna die for a religion they don't believe in at all
G F G Am
They're gonna die in a place they should never have been at all
Am
Oh, never have been at all
CHORUS
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Lose yourself in the crescendo bit
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C G Am Am (Repeat six times)
CHORUS ad lib to fade
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This document was done by Jeremy Aston. Any corrections, enhancements are
always appreciated.
jeremya@pavilion.co.uk
Very few needed. Excellent transcription - enjoy! - KD
