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 upon a part at [B] Waterloo
I'm [Em] a dragon [E] on a dun, I'm a [Em] Cossack on the [Am] run
[Em] I'm a horse [B] soldier, timeless through and [Em] through _ _ _ _
All eyes with Custer and a 7, [D] 76 or [Em] 77
_ Scalp that little bighorn [B] by the suit _
And the tears and [E] devastation of a once proud warrior nation
This I know, cause I [B] was riding with [Em] them too _
And I [E] drank mare's blood on the run when [D] I rode with the [Em] great Khan
On the frozen Mongol steppe while [B] 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 guard
[Em] When Romanov [B] was murdered [Em] in the night _
And I knew Saladin and [D] rode his swift Arabians
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Harassing doomed 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
Well I'm a hussar, I'm a hunt, [A] I'm a wretched [E] _
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 the nighties crimson, if you're silent [B] and you'll listen
You'll know that it was with them [B] that I stood
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When Mare [A] Thorpe she cried [E] as her four [A] horsemen died
Gunned [B] down in scarlet [E] coldest [B] blood
[Em] Well [E] I was the firstest with the mostest [D] when I fought for [E] Bedford Forrest
Suffered [B] General Wilson's [B] Union raid _
[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 [B] I shall put
_ [Em] With a crack [Am] flanking maneuver, [E] I'm a new land [A] on a super
[Em] Striking terror into regiment [E] of foot
Well I'm a hussar, I'm a hunt, I'm a wretched Englishman
Routing for that part at [B] Waterloo
_ [Em] I'm a dragon [A] on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run
[B] I'm a horse soldier, timeless [E] through and through _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ Well I knew my days were numbered, when all the trenches lumbered
More modern _ machinations till [B] I get _ _
[E] No match for rapid fire or the steel birds of the sky
With a final [B] rearguard action I [E] retreat
_ [Em] _ _ No match [Am] for barbered wire [E] or the armored engines whine
_ [Em] Reluctant I [B] retire and take [Em] my leave _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ Today I ride with special forces [Am] on those wily [Em] Afghan horses
The stones know that lions give [B] their thanks
_ And no matter defeat or [Am] victory [E] in battle
It [A] occurs to me [Em] that we may [B] see a swelling in [E] our ranks
Well I'm a hussar, I'm a hunt, [A] I'm a wretched [E] _ Englishman
Routing for that part at [B] Waterloo
_ [E] I'm a dragon [A] on a dun, [E] I'm a Cossack [Am] on the run
I'm a [E] horse [B] soldier, timeless [E] through and through
I'm a horse soldier, [B] eternal
[E] But _ _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ with the armies and the [A] shepherds of the well-spoken [Em] Latvian
And the Polish lancers charging [B] to the tank _ _ _
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