Chords for Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier

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I'm a hussar, I'm a hunt, [Am] I'm a wretched [Em]
Englishman
_ Riding [B] upon a part at Waterloo _
_ _ [Em] I'm a dragon on a [Am] dun, I'm [E] a Cossack on [Am] the run
[Em] I'm a horse [B] soldier, timeless through and [Em] through _ _ _ _
All eyes with custer and a seven, [D] 76 or [Em] 77
Scalpel and little bighorn by the [B] suit _
[E] And the tears and devastation of a once proud warrior nation
This I [Em] know, cause I was riding with them too _
[E] And I drank mare's blood on the run, [D] when I rode with [Em] the great Khan
On the frozen Mongol steppe [B] while at his height
And [Em] I was a white guard, [A] I was a red guard, [E] I was the Tsar's old [A] palace horse [Em] guard
When [B] Romanov was murdered [Em] in the night _
And I knew Saladin and [D] rode his swift [E] Arabians
Harassing doomed [Em] crusaders on their [B] heavy drafts
[Em] And yet I [Am] rode the Persia [Em] on against the [Am] circling [Em] Sarasan
Once [B] again against [E] myself as cat _
I'm a hussar, I'm a hunt, [A] I'm a wretched Englishman _
Riding upon a part at [B] Waterloo _
[E] I'm a dragon [A] on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run
[E] I'm a horse [B] soldier, timeless [Em] through and through _ _
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Well I've warned them out, he's crimson, if you're silent [B] and you'll listen
You'll know that [E] it was with him [B] that I stood
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[E] When Mare [Am] Thorpe she cried [E] as her four [A] horsemen died
Gunned [B] down in scarlet coldest blood
Well [E] I was the firstest with the mostest [D] when I fought for [B] Bedford Forest
Suffered General Wilson's Union raid
And [Em] mine was not the [Am] reason why, [Em] mine was but to [Am] do or die [Em] at Crimea
[B] With the charging [Em] light brigade _ _
_ _ _ [E] On high from Swiss to Sweden, [A] be me Christian, [Em] be me heathen
The devil to the saber I [B] shall put
_ _ [Em] With a crack flanking [Am] maneuver, [E] I'm a Newland a la Zuber
Striking terror [B] into regiment [E] afoot
Well I'm a hussar, I'm a [B] hunt, I'm a wretched _ [E] Englishman
Routing Bonaparte at [B] Waterloo
_ _ [E] I'm a dragon [A] on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run
[B] I'm a horse [B] soldier, timeless through [E] and through _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Well I knew my days were numbered, [A] when all the [E] trenches lumbered
More modern machinations [B] till I get
_ _ No [E] match for rapid fire or the steel birds of the sky
With a final [B] rearguard action I [E] retreat
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_ No match for [Am] barbed wire or the armored engines whine
[Em] Reluctant I [B] retire and take my [Em] leave _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ Today I ride with special forces [Am] on those wily Afghan horses
The stones know that lions [B] give their thanks
_ And [Em] no matter defeat [Am] or victory in [E] battle
It [Am] occurs to me that [Em] we may see a [B] swelling in [E] our ranks
Well I'm a hussar, I'm a hunt, I'm [A] a wretched [E] Englishman
_ Routing [B] Bonaparte at Waterloo
_ I'm [E] a dragon on [A] a dun, I'm [E] a Cossack on [Am] the run
I'm [Em] a horse soldier, [B] timeless through and through
_ I'm a horse soldier, eternal through and through
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[B] _ _ _ [Em] _ But with the offensive [A] the she-bugs and the whales will battle [Em] me
And the Polish Lancers charging German [B] tanks
Saw a rother man shot [Am] in Washington
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