Chords for Great Big Sea - Recruiting Sargeant (with lyrics)
Tempo:
119.65 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
D
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm]
[G]
[Gm] [G]
Two recruiting sergeants [C] came to [G] the CLP [C] For the sons [G] of the merchants [A] that joined the
Blue Petites [Gm] The Wild Hands enlisted 500 [Em]
young men
[G] Enlist [C] you Newfoundlanders [D] and come [Gm] follow me
[G]
They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave [Em]
Florizel [C] On the [G] sands of Suvla they entered
[D] into hell [C] And on [G] those bloody beaches the first [Em] of them
fell [G] Enlist you [C] [D] Newfoundlanders and come follow
me And [G] it's over the [C] mountains and [Em] over the
sea [C] Come brave [G] Newfoundlanders and join the
[D] Blue Petites [C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that
[Em] will be believe [G] Enlist you [C] [G] Newfoundlanders and come follow
me The tall king from London [C] for the last [Em] July
drive [C] To the trenches [G] with the regiment prepare
[C] yourselves to die The [Gm] roll call next morning just a handful
[Em] to buy [G] Enlist you [C] Newfoundlanders and [D] come follow
me [G] And it's over the mountains [C] and over [Em] the
sea [C] Come brave [G] Newfoundlanders and join the
[D] Blue Petites [C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that
will [E] be believe [G] Enlist you [C] [G] Newfoundlanders and come follow me
Snowmen on water streets still cry [Em] for the day
[C] When the pride of [G] this city went marching [D]
[G] away
A thousand men slaughtered to hear the [Em] king say
[G] Enlist you [C] Newfoundlanders and [D] come follow me
So [G] it's over the mountains [C] and over [Em] the [G] sea
Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue [D] Petites
[C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that [D] will be
[Em] believe [G] Enlist you [C] Newfoundlanders [D] and come [Gm] follow me
So it's over the mountains [Em] and over the sea
[Cm] Come brave [G] Newfoundlanders and join the Blue [Am] Petites
[C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that will [E] be [Em] believe
[G] Endless to [C]
Newfoundlanders [G] and come follow me!
Endless to [C]
Newfoundlanders [D] and [G] come follow me!
[Gm] [G]
[G]
[Gm] [G]
Two recruiting sergeants [C] came to [G] the CLP [C] For the sons [G] of the merchants [A] that joined the
Blue Petites [Gm] The Wild Hands enlisted 500 [Em]
young men
[G] Enlist [C] you Newfoundlanders [D] and come [Gm] follow me
[G]
They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave [Em]
Florizel [C] On the [G] sands of Suvla they entered
[D] into hell [C] And on [G] those bloody beaches the first [Em] of them
fell [G] Enlist you [C] [D] Newfoundlanders and come follow
me And [G] it's over the [C] mountains and [Em] over the
sea [C] Come brave [G] Newfoundlanders and join the
[D] Blue Petites [C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that
[Em] will be believe [G] Enlist you [C] [G] Newfoundlanders and come follow
me The tall king from London [C] for the last [Em] July
drive [C] To the trenches [G] with the regiment prepare
[C] yourselves to die The [Gm] roll call next morning just a handful
[Em] to buy [G] Enlist you [C] Newfoundlanders and [D] come follow
me [G] And it's over the mountains [C] and over [Em] the
sea [C] Come brave [G] Newfoundlanders and join the
[D] Blue Petites [C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that
will [E] be believe [G] Enlist you [C] [G] Newfoundlanders and come follow me
Snowmen on water streets still cry [Em] for the day
[C] When the pride of [G] this city went marching [D]
[G] away
A thousand men slaughtered to hear the [Em] king say
[G] Enlist you [C] Newfoundlanders and [D] come follow me
So [G] it's over the mountains [C] and over [Em] the [G] sea
Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue [D] Petites
[C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that [D] will be
[Em] believe [G] Enlist you [C] Newfoundlanders [D] and come [Gm] follow me
So it's over the mountains [Em] and over the sea
[Cm] Come brave [G] Newfoundlanders and join the Blue [Am] Petites
[C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that will [E] be [Em] believe
[G] Endless to [C]
Newfoundlanders [G] and come follow me!
Endless to [C]
Newfoundlanders [D] and [G] come follow me!
[Gm] [G]
Key:
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C
Em
D
Gm
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C
Em
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_ Two recruiting sergeants [C] came to [G] the CLP [C] For the sons [G] of the merchants [A] that joined the
Blue Petites [Gm] The Wild Hands enlisted 500 [Em]
young men
_ [G] Enlist [C] you Newfoundlanders [D] and come [Gm] follow me
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave [Em]
Florizel [C] On the [G] sands of Suvla they entered
[D] into hell [C] And on [G] those bloody beaches the first [Em] of them
fell _ [G] Enlist you [C] _ [D] Newfoundlanders and come follow
me And [G] it's over the [C] mountains and [Em] over the
sea [C] Come brave [G] _ Newfoundlanders and join the
[D] Blue Petites [C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that
[Em] will be believe [G] Enlist you [C] _ [G] Newfoundlanders and come follow
me The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ tall king from London [C] for the last [Em] July
drive [C] To the trenches [G] with the regiment prepare
[C] yourselves to die The [Gm] roll call next morning just a handful
[Em] to buy _ _ [G] Enlist you [C] _ Newfoundlanders and [D] come follow
me [G] And it's over the mountains [C] and over [Em] the
sea [C] Come brave [G] _ Newfoundlanders and join the
[D] Blue Petites [C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that
will [E] be believe [G] Enlist you [C] _ [G] Newfoundlanders and come follow me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Snowmen on water streets still cry [Em] for the day
[C] When the pride of [G] this city went marching [D]
[G] away
A thousand men slaughtered to hear the [Em] king say
_ [G] _ Enlist you [C] _ Newfoundlanders and [D] come follow me
So [G] it's over the mountains [C] and over [Em] the [G] sea
Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue [D] Petites
[C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that [D] will be
[Em] believe [G] Enlist you [C] Newfoundlanders [D] and come [Gm] follow me
So it's over the mountains [Em] and over the sea
[Cm] Come brave [G] Newfoundlanders and join the Blue [Am] Petites
[C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that will [E] be [Em] believe
[G] Endless to [C]
Newfoundlanders [G] and come follow me!
Endless to [C]
Newfoundlanders [D] and [G] come follow me! _ _ _ _
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_ Two recruiting sergeants [C] came to [G] the CLP [C] For the sons [G] of the merchants [A] that joined the
Blue Petites [Gm] The Wild Hands enlisted 500 [Em]
young men
_ [G] Enlist [C] you Newfoundlanders [D] and come [Gm] follow me
_ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave [Em]
Florizel [C] On the [G] sands of Suvla they entered
[D] into hell [C] And on [G] those bloody beaches the first [Em] of them
fell _ [G] Enlist you [C] _ [D] Newfoundlanders and come follow
me And [G] it's over the [C] mountains and [Em] over the
sea [C] Come brave [G] _ Newfoundlanders and join the
[D] Blue Petites [C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that
[Em] will be believe [G] Enlist you [C] _ [G] Newfoundlanders and come follow
me The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ tall king from London [C] for the last [Em] July
drive [C] To the trenches [G] with the regiment prepare
[C] yourselves to die The [Gm] roll call next morning just a handful
[Em] to buy _ _ [G] Enlist you [C] _ Newfoundlanders and [D] come follow
me [G] And it's over the mountains [C] and over [Em] the
sea [C] Come brave [G] _ Newfoundlanders and join the
[D] Blue Petites [C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that
will [E] be believe [G] Enlist you [C] _ [G] Newfoundlanders and come follow me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Snowmen on water streets still cry [Em] for the day
[C] When the pride of [G] this city went marching [D]
[G] away
A thousand men slaughtered to hear the [Em] king say
_ [G] _ Enlist you [C] _ Newfoundlanders and [D] come follow me
So [G] it's over the mountains [C] and over [Em] the [G] sea
Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue [D] Petites
[C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that [D] will be
[Em] believe [G] Enlist you [C] Newfoundlanders [D] and come [Gm] follow me
So it's over the mountains [Em] and over the sea
[Cm] Come brave [G] Newfoundlanders and join the Blue [Am] Petites
[C] You'll fight the [G] Hunted Landers and that will [E] be [Em] believe
[G] Endless to [C]
Newfoundlanders [G] and come follow me!
Endless to [C]
Newfoundlanders [D] and [G] come follow me! _ _ _ _
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