Pink Floyd
When The Tigers Broke Free
The Wall (1982)

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It was just before dawn
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One miserable morning in black 44
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When the foreward commander was told to sit tight
        C                         F  C
When he asked that his men be withdrawn
G                     C
And the generals gave thanks, as the other ranks
G                   C
Held back the enemy tanks for a while
        C                    G
And the Anzio Bridgehead was held for the price
     C                    G     C
Of a few hundred ordinary lives

And kind old King George sent Mother
A note when he heard that Father was gone
It was, I recall
In the form of a scroll with gold leaf and all
And I found it one day
In a drawer of old photographs hidden away
And my eyes still grow damp to remember
His Majesty signed with his own rubber stamp

It was dark all around
There was frost on the ground when the tigers broke free
And no one survived
From the Royal Fusiliers, Company C
They were all left behind
Most of them dead, the rest of 'em dying
And that's how the High Command
        G          G!
Took my daddy from me