Thou Shalt Not Kill

from War and Peace by Bella Hardy, Findlay Napier & Greg Russell

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Thou Shalt Not Kill (Capo 5)

Em All for god and country
C That’s why we do this drill
Am But how’re they going to square this
D\F# The book says “Thou shalt not kill…”

Em All for King and Kitchener
C Wouldn’t go of my own free will
Am No one asks about the sixth
D\F# ‘Cos it says “Thou shalt not kill…”

C I wouldn’t lie, I wouldn’t steal
G Nor take my best friends girl
C Now they say it’s fine for me
D7 To ignore “Thou shalt not kill…”

Em Both sides of the front line
C Bow their heads and stand quite still
Am They worship the same god us us
D\F# Yet we know “Thou shalt not kill…”

Em I listened to the chaplain
C He said this is god’s will
Am But I’ve seen it written in his book
D\F# It still says “Thou shalt not kill…”

It didn’t finish when they said and there was more guts than glory
Just men and mud and letters home while they covered up the story
Rich will just get richer while we fight to the bitter end
After this is over how will we all make amends

C I wouldn’t lie, I wouldn’t steal
G Nor take my best friends girl
C Now they say it’s fine for me
D7 To ignore “Thou shalt not kill…”

C They lied to us, they stole our youth
G They had quotas to fulfil
C I don’t think it’s right that they
D7 Ignored “Thou shalt not kill…”

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from War and Peace, released October 23, 2019
Thou Shalt Not Kill (Findlay Napier)
Findlay Napier - vocals and acoustic guitar
Bella Hardy - backing vocals and fiddle
Greg Russell - acoustic guitar and backing vocals
Thomas Dibb - piano

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War & Peace Doncaster, UK

Internationally renowned singer-songwriters Findlay Napier, Bella Hardy and Greg Russell present an album of storytelling and song, inspired by stories from the archives, and those collected from Doncaster people through Doncaster 1914-18.

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