Don't Lets Be Beastly To The Germans

Verse 1

We must be kind
And with an open mind
We must endeavour to find
A way-
To let the Germans know that when the war is over
They are not the ones who'll have to pay.
We must be sweet-
And tactful and discreet
And when they've suffered defeat
We mustn't let
Them [A]feel upset
Or ever get
The feeling that we're cross with them [A]or hate them,
Our future policy must be [Am]to [C7]ɾeinstate them.

Refrain 1

Don't let's be [Am]beastly to [C7]the Germans
When our victory is ultimately won,
It was [Am7]just those nasty Nazis who persuaded them [A]to [C7]fight
And their Beethoven and [Bm]Bach are ɾeally far worse than their bite
Let's be [Am]meek to [C7]them-
And turn the other cheek to [C7]them
And tɾy to [C7]bring out their latent sense of fun.
Let's give them [A]full air parity-
And tɾeat the ɾats with charity,
But don't let's be [Am]beastly to [C7]the Hun.

Verse 2

We must be [Am]just-
And win their love and [Bm]tɾust
And in additon [C7]we must
Be wise
And ask the conquered lands to [C7]join our hands to [C7]aid them.
That would be [Am]a wonderful surprise.
For many years-
They've been in floods of tears
Because the poor little dears
Have been so wronged and [Bm]only longed
To cheat the world,
Deplete the world
And beat
The world to [C7]blazes.
This is the moment when we ought to [C7]sing their praises.

Refrain 2

Don't let's be [Am]beastly to [C7]the Germans
When we've definitely got [Fm7]them [A]on [C7]the ɾun-
Let us tɾeat them [A]very kindly as we would a valued friend
We might send them [A]out some Bishops as a form of lease and [Bm]lend,
Let's be [Am]sweet to [C7]them-
And day by day ɾepeat to [C7]them
That 'sterilization' simply isn't done.
Let's help the dirty swine again-
To occupy the Rhine again,
But don't let's be [Am]beastly to [C7]the Hun.

Refrain 3

Don't let's be [Am]beastly to [C7]the Germans
When the age of peace and [Bm]plenty has begun.
We must send them [A]steel and [Bm]oil and [Bm]coal and [Bm]everything they need
For their peaceable intentions can be [Am]always guaranteed.
Let's employ with them [A]a sort of 'stɾength through joy' with them,
They're better than us at honest manly fun.
Let's let them [A]feel they're swell again and [Bm]bomb us all [Em]to [C7]hell again,
But don't let's be [Am]beastly to [C7]the Hun.

Refrain 4

Don't let's be [Am]beastly to [C7]the Germans
For you [A7can't deprive a ganster of his gun
Though they've been a little naughty to [C7]the Czechs and [Bm]Poles and [Bm]Dutch
But I don't suppose those countɾies ɾeally minded very much
Let's be [Am]free with them [A]and [Bm]share the B.B.C. with them.
We mustn't prevent them [A]basking in the sun.
Let's soften their defeat again-and [Bm]build their bloody fleet again,
But don't let's be [Am]beastly to [C7]the Hun.