How to Play What's A Few Men on Guitar?

Mark Seymour - What's A Few Men can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play What's A Few Men with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Mark Seymour - What’s A Few Men Chords

Chord reference G, C, D

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G] The Colonel said “These bodies [C]stink”. “Won’t [D]someone come and drag them a[G]way”. We tried to clean em’ out but the more I [C]stare. And the [D]English Colonel looks the other [G]way. Oh, the spirit is willing but the flesh is [C]weak. Well, I [D]ran for the trench but I’d no time to [G]speak. Well, my heart said “Yes” but my head said [C]”No” When the [D]English colonel said “Its time to [G]go”

He said “What’s a [D]few [D]men?” [Am] Said “What’s a few [C]men?” [Bm] Said “What’s a few [D]men?” [D] [Am] Said “What’s a few [C]men?” [D]

[C] [D] [G]

The Colonel’s job is never [C]done. So [D]he declares time out on Christmas [G]day. We held the enemy in our [C]arms. And we [D]ploughed each other’s dead into the [G]clay. Oh, the Lord said that death will be no [C]longer And [D]all of these things will pass a[G]way There’ll be no sorrow and there’ll be no [C]pain. And [D]we’ll swap cigarettes on Christmas [G]day Well, my heart said “Yes” but my head said [C]”No” When the [D]English colonel said “Its time to [C]go”

He said “What’s a [D]few [D]men?” [Am] Said “What’s a few [C]men?” [Bm] Said “What’s a few [D]men?” [D] [Am] Said “What’s a few [C]men?” [Bm] Said “What’s a few [D]men?” [D] [Am] Said “What’s a few [C]men?” [D]

[C] [D] [G] [C] [D] [G]

Artist Mark Seymour

Album Daytime and the Dark

Genres Rock

Year 2005

Key G

Mark Seymour - What's A Few Men can be played in the key of G using the G, C, D chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play What's A Few Men with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.