Chords for Corb Lund - I Wanna Be In The Cavalry (Reprise)
Tempo:
71.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E] [A] [C#m]
[A] [E]
[B] [E] Well I wanna be in the cavalry [A] if they send me off [C#m] to war
[A] Well I want a good [E] steed under me like my [B] forefathers [E] before
Courageous at first we took their [A] worst, our positions [C#m] we held stout
[A] We clung to [E] belief and we hung on the speech from our trusted leaders' [B] mouths
[E] Overwhelming odds and a hopeless [A] cause and our cities [C#m] overrun
[A] There were them that [E] said we was badly led and [B] God were [E] we outgunned
Well I lost count of the worthy [A] mounts that from under [C#m] me were cut
[A] My favorite [E] mare with her head in the air took the cannon [B] in her gut
[E] In the first two weeks on that bloody [A] creek my brother [C#m] lost his arm
[A] It was only sixty [E] days till all we prayed was to [B] get us [E] home unharmed
Oh for the day that we signed our [A] names and the well that [C#m] we were wished
[A] The men's [E] congrats and the pats on the backs and the ladies [B] that we kissed
[E] The band that played and the grand [A] parade and the [C#m] patriotic shouts
[A] They faded [E] fast didn't even last till their [B] [E] uniforms wore out
And there were none to replace nor to help us [A] face the winter's [C#m] cold and bleak
[A] The chill to the [E] bone, the pneumonia prone and froze our [B] bootless feet
[E] Then that typhoid hit with its fevered [A] fits, TB and [C#m]
dysentery
[A] Approved in the [E] end to have killed more men than the [B] vilest [E] enemy
We were finally forced to feed on [A] horse and carcass [C#m] we could scrounge
[A] When the wagons [E] stopped then we burnt their crops to tar and [B] barren ground
[E] With morale in doubt and our pride run [A] out no honor [C#m] did I seek
[A] All I [E] seen were a thousand dreams [B] potted in [E] front of me
I wanna be in the [A] cavalry if they send [C#m] me off to war
[A] I wanna [E] be in the cavalry but [B] I won't [E] ride home no more
[A] [C#m] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [N]
[A] [E]
[B] [E] Well I wanna be in the cavalry [A] if they send me off [C#m] to war
[A] Well I want a good [E] steed under me like my [B] forefathers [E] before
Courageous at first we took their [A] worst, our positions [C#m] we held stout
[A] We clung to [E] belief and we hung on the speech from our trusted leaders' [B] mouths
[E] Overwhelming odds and a hopeless [A] cause and our cities [C#m] overrun
[A] There were them that [E] said we was badly led and [B] God were [E] we outgunned
Well I lost count of the worthy [A] mounts that from under [C#m] me were cut
[A] My favorite [E] mare with her head in the air took the cannon [B] in her gut
[E] In the first two weeks on that bloody [A] creek my brother [C#m] lost his arm
[A] It was only sixty [E] days till all we prayed was to [B] get us [E] home unharmed
Oh for the day that we signed our [A] names and the well that [C#m] we were wished
[A] The men's [E] congrats and the pats on the backs and the ladies [B] that we kissed
[E] The band that played and the grand [A] parade and the [C#m] patriotic shouts
[A] They faded [E] fast didn't even last till their [B] [E] uniforms wore out
And there were none to replace nor to help us [A] face the winter's [C#m] cold and bleak
[A] The chill to the [E] bone, the pneumonia prone and froze our [B] bootless feet
[E] Then that typhoid hit with its fevered [A] fits, TB and [C#m]
dysentery
[A] Approved in the [E] end to have killed more men than the [B] vilest [E] enemy
We were finally forced to feed on [A] horse and carcass [C#m] we could scrounge
[A] When the wagons [E] stopped then we burnt their crops to tar and [B] barren ground
[E] With morale in doubt and our pride run [A] out no honor [C#m] did I seek
[A] All I [E] seen were a thousand dreams [B] potted in [E] front of me
I wanna be in the [A] cavalry if they send [C#m] me off to war
[A] I wanna [E] be in the cavalry but [B] I won't [E] ride home no more
[A] [C#m] [A] [E]
[B] [E] [N]
Key:
E
A
C#m
B
E
A
C#m
B
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ Well I wanna be in the cavalry [A] if they send me off [C#m] to war
[A] Well I want a good [E] steed under me like my [B] forefathers [E] before _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Courageous at first we took their [A] worst, our positions [C#m] we held stout
[A] We clung to [E] belief and we hung on the speech from our trusted leaders' [B] mouths
[E] Overwhelming odds and a hopeless [A] cause and our cities [C#m] overrun
[A] There were them that [E] said we was badly led and [B] God were [E] we outgunned
Well I lost count of the worthy [A] mounts that from under [C#m] me were cut
[A] My favorite [E] mare with her head in the air took the cannon [B] in her gut
[E] In the first two weeks on that bloody [A] creek my brother [C#m] lost his arm
[A] It was only sixty [E] days till all we prayed was to [B] get us [E] home unharmed _ _ _
_ _ Oh for the day that we signed our [A] names and the well that [C#m] we were wished
[A] The men's [E] congrats and the pats on the backs and the ladies [B] that we kissed
[E] The band that played and the grand [A] parade and the [C#m] patriotic shouts
[A] They faded [E] fast didn't even last till their [B] [E] uniforms wore out _ _ _ _ _
And there were none to replace nor to help us [A] face the winter's [C#m] cold and bleak
[A] The chill to the [E] bone, the pneumonia prone and froze our [B] bootless feet
[E] Then that typhoid hit with its fevered [A] fits, TB and [C#m]
dysentery
[A] Approved in the [E] end to have killed more men than the [B] vilest [E] enemy
We were finally forced to feed on [A] horse and carcass [C#m] we could scrounge
[A] When the wagons [E] stopped then we burnt their crops to tar and [B] barren ground
[E] With morale in doubt and our pride run [A] out no honor [C#m] did I seek
_ _ [A] All I [E] seen were a thousand dreams [B] potted in [E] front of me _ _
I wanna be in the [A] cavalry if they send [C#m] me off to war
_ [A] I wanna [E] be in the cavalry but [B] I won't [E] ride home no more _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ Well I wanna be in the cavalry [A] if they send me off [C#m] to war
[A] Well I want a good [E] steed under me like my [B] forefathers [E] before _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Courageous at first we took their [A] worst, our positions [C#m] we held stout
[A] We clung to [E] belief and we hung on the speech from our trusted leaders' [B] mouths
[E] Overwhelming odds and a hopeless [A] cause and our cities [C#m] overrun
[A] There were them that [E] said we was badly led and [B] God were [E] we outgunned
Well I lost count of the worthy [A] mounts that from under [C#m] me were cut
[A] My favorite [E] mare with her head in the air took the cannon [B] in her gut
[E] In the first two weeks on that bloody [A] creek my brother [C#m] lost his arm
[A] It was only sixty [E] days till all we prayed was to [B] get us [E] home unharmed _ _ _
_ _ Oh for the day that we signed our [A] names and the well that [C#m] we were wished
[A] The men's [E] congrats and the pats on the backs and the ladies [B] that we kissed
[E] The band that played and the grand [A] parade and the [C#m] patriotic shouts
[A] They faded [E] fast didn't even last till their [B] [E] uniforms wore out _ _ _ _ _
And there were none to replace nor to help us [A] face the winter's [C#m] cold and bleak
[A] The chill to the [E] bone, the pneumonia prone and froze our [B] bootless feet
[E] Then that typhoid hit with its fevered [A] fits, TB and [C#m]
dysentery
[A] Approved in the [E] end to have killed more men than the [B] vilest [E] enemy
We were finally forced to feed on [A] horse and carcass [C#m] we could scrounge
[A] When the wagons [E] stopped then we burnt their crops to tar and [B] barren ground
[E] With morale in doubt and our pride run [A] out no honor [C#m] did I seek
_ _ [A] All I [E] seen were a thousand dreams [B] potted in [E] front of me _ _
I wanna be in the [A] cavalry if they send [C#m] me off to war
_ [A] I wanna [E] be in the cavalry but [B] I won't [E] ride home no more _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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