G
Brezhnev took Afghanistan
C
And Begin took Beirut
D G
Galtieri took the Union Jack
G
And Maggie, over lunch one day,
C
Took a cruiser with all hands
D G
Apparently to make him give it back.
C G
Uuuuuuuh Maggie what have you done?
G
They disembarked in 45,
C
And no-one spoke and no-one smiled
D G
There were to many spaces in the line
Gathered at the cenotaph
C
All agreed with the hand on heart,
D G
To sheath the sacrificial knives
G
But now she stands upon Southampton dock
C
With her handkerchief
D
And her summer frock clings
G
To her wet body in the rain.
In quiet desperation knuckles
C
White upon the slippery reins
D G
She bravely waves the boys goodbye again
C G
Uuuuuuuh Maggie what have you done?
C
And still the dark stain spreads between
G
His shoulder blades
C G G7 Am7
A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves
G7 C D Em7 D7
And when the fight was over
G Cm7 Em
We spent what they had made
Am7
But in the bottom of our hearts
