When The Tigers Broke Free

first tab , sorry if it’s a bit wrong! i think it’s more accurate than the version on here already , the only thing to note is the F is a single strum , which goes quickly into the C . if you listen to the song , you’ll know what i’m talking about . C G it was just before dawn C one miserable morning in black ’forty four . when the forward commander G was told to sit tight C F C when he asked that his men be withdrawn . C G and the generals gave thanks C as the other ranks held back the enemy tanks for a while . and the anzio bridgehead G was held for the price C of a few hundred ordinary lives . C G and kind old king george C sent mother a note when he heard that father was gone . C G it was , i recall , C in the form of a scroll , F C with gold leaf and all . C G and i found it one day C in a drawer of old photographs , hidden away . C G and my eyes still grow damp to remember C his majesty signed with his own rubber stamp . C it was dark all around . G there was frost in the ground C when the tigers broke free . C G and no one survived C F C from the royal fusiliers company C . C G they were all left behind , C most of them dead , the rest of them dying . C G and that’s how the high command C took my Daddy from me .