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--Interlude:
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Riff x2
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ Am7 D
I was taking compass bearings for the Ordanance Survey
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ A7 Am7 D
On an army training camp on Salisbury plain.
Bm Em Am D
I had packed up my theodolite, I was calling it a day
B7 Em
When I heard a voice that sang a sad refrain:
Interlude
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ Am7 D
Oh my darling armadillo, let me tell you of my love,
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ A7 Am7 D
Listen to my armadillo roundelay.
Bm Em Am D
Be my fellow on my pillow underneath this weeping willow,
C C/B Am7 D G
Be my darling armadillo all the day.
Riff x2
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ Am7 D
I was somewhat disconcerted by this curious affair
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ A7 Am7 D
For a single armadillo, you alone,
Bm Em Am D
On Salisbury plain in summer is comparitively rare
B7 Em
And a pair of them is practically unknown.
Bm Em F# Bm
Drawn by that mellow solo, there I followed on my bike
Em Am7 Em B7 Em
To discover what these armadillo lovers might be like.
Interlude
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ Am7 D
Oh my darling armadillo how delightful it would be
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ A7 Am7 D
If for us those silver wedding bells should chime.
Bm Em Am D
Let the orange blossoms billow, you need only say I will, oh
C C/B Am7 D G
Be my darling armadillo all the time.
Riff x2
Bm Em F# Bm
Then I saw them in a hollow on a yellow muddy bank;
Em Am7 Em B7 Em
An armadillo singing to an armour-plated tank.
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Should I tell him gaunt and rusting with the willow tree above,
This abandoned on-manoeuvres is the object of your love?
Bm Em F# Bm
I left him to his singing, I cycled home without a pause.
Em Am7 Em B7 Em
Never tell a man the truth about the one that he adores.
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ Am7 D
On the breeze that followed sunset I could hear that sad refrain
G5 Dadd4/F# Bm5+ A7 Am7 D
Singing willow, willow, willow down the way.
Bm Em Am D
And I seem to hear it still oh vive l'amour, vive l'armadillo,
C C/B Am7 D G
Be my darling armadillo all the day.
C C/B Am7 D G
Be my darling armadillo all the day.