(Verse 1)
A A
The winter will last but a month,
A E
To Berlin! Officer had said.
D D
Yet a year has passed at once
Dm A
A year of tears and screams instead.
[Chorus]
E D F#m
The rain won’t stop its endless fall,
E D F#m
On a bundle of sheets, I sit so small.
Bm A D
I write to you through the icy squall,
E D A
Soon, I’ll be with you at home
(Verse 2)
A A
The Marne has drunk a fiery blood
A E
Of a hundred thousand like me.
D D
A body hangs on the barbed wire,
Dm A
A hand, a face filled with fear. [Chorus]
E D F#m
Steel torrents rain from the sky,
E D F#m
Tearing the earth beneath my feet.
Bm A D
I’m nothing now but a ghost passing by,
E D A
Maybe at Christmas, I’ll be complete.
(Verse 3)
A A
In the distance, only death remains,
A E
Beams and stones, charred and black.
D D
The mud will swallow without a trace,
Dm A
All that’s left of the past
[Chorus]
E D F#m
Explosions shatter the air,
E D F#m
Henri is gone to bloody hell
Bm A D
Their families will get their share,
E D A
I won’t be coming back, I’m afraid.