Send Herman Home
Released in 1988 by Virgin Records
Transpose
INTRO
“They flayed me about the flanks with a stainless steel tennis racket”
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Amaj7
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VERSE 1
C#m7
One day Nanook and
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Mr.
Smith
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Were standing in the
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snow
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Smith says, “See here, now
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war has come
There’s
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no more Eski
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mo”
Dm9
It spread all
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over
Stayed in
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Africa last of
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all
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Strictly
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business
Dadd9/E
Spill the blood, first and always
CHORUS 1
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Send
Her
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man
Bm7
home
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Dust off
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his
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throne
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If you love
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him
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so
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Don’t let
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him
Bm7
go
VERSE 2
C#m7
We’ve got a job for
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Churchill, Nelson and
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Good old Chichester
E7sus4
Clark
C#m7
To show the white men’s
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bite is fiercer than
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The blackest
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bark
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Here comes
Am7
order
With all the
Dadd9/E
buckshot and British
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gas
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Strictly
Am7
business
They would just
Dadd9/E
spill the blood, first and always
CHORUS 1
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Send
Her
E
man
Bm7
home
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Dust off
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his
Bm7
throne
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If you love
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him
Bm7
so
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Don’t let
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him
Bm7
go
INTERLUDE
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Bm7
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“
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I am a reasonable man”
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“The
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buttermilk of Beelzebub”
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VERSE 3
Dm9
My dearest
Am7
colonel
Well it was
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hard but the work is
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done
We’ve got
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ovens
Am7
burning
All the
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day and night these clowns keep calling
CHORUS 1
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Send
Her
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man
Bm7
home
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Dust off
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his
Bm7
throne
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If you love
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him
Bm7
so
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Don’t let
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him
Bm7
go
CHORUS 2/FADE
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Send
Her
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man
Bm7
home
Send him
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home,
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send him
Bm7
home
Send him
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home,
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send him
Bm7
home home home
Yeah send him
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home,
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send him
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home
I ask
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who needs luck
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with
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you as friends?
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E
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The
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soldier does
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what
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God intends
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E
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