|Intro| 
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Verse 1
         D              G     D 
They’re sailing for England - Oh! What a shame! 
              G      A 
Someone is after our island again 
                          D 
We’ll let them have it… - Oh, yes we will! 
     E                                  A 
But maybe they won’t want it when they get the bill! 
    D                G D 
For we wrote the story of the old brigades 
                G     A 
We know the glory of yesterday’s parades 
                        D 
We’re sell them blighty yard by yard 
         G              G    D    G 
They'll buy it from the old Home Guard! - They Will! 
         G              G    D    G 
They'll buy it from the old Home Guard! 
 
Verse 2
     D              G   D 
So, call out the navy, call out the ranks 
                  G      A 
Call out the air force, call out the tanks. 
                          D 
From the cliffs of Dover call up the Gulls 
     E                           A 
And don’t forget the loyal Territorials! 
      D                G     D 
But, who’s digging in here? Who will defend? 
                  G        A 
Every inch of England, no matter what they send? 
                            D 
Who’s standing firm in our own front yard? 
     G              G    D    G 
The soldiers of the old Home Guard - That’s Who! 
     G              G    D    G 
The soldiers of the old Home Guard. 
Outro
    D                G D 
For we wrote the story of the old brigades 
                G     A 
We know the glory of yesterday’s parades 
                            D 
Who’s standing firm in our own front yard? 
     G              G    D    G 
The soldiers of the old home guard - That’s Who! 
     G              G    D    G 
The soldiers of the old home guard.