Chords for I Wanna Be In The Cavalry: Reprise
Tempo:
70.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
C#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[C#m] [A]
[E]
Well I want to be in the [A] cavalry if they send [C#m] me off to war
[E] good steed under me like my forefathers before
Courageous at first we took their worst, our positions [C#m] we held stout
on the speech from our trusted leaders' mouths
Overwhelming odds and a hopeless cause and our cities [C#m] overrun
[C#m] [A]
[E]
Well I want to be in the [A] cavalry if they send [C#m] me off to war
[E] good steed under me like my forefathers before
Courageous at first we took their worst, our positions [C#m] we held stout
on the speech from our trusted leaders' mouths
Overwhelming odds and a hopeless cause and our cities [C#m] overrun
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E
C#m
B
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C#m
B
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[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well I want to be in the [A] cavalry if they send [C#m] me off to war
[A] Well I want a [E] good steed under me like my forefathers before
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Courageous at first we took their worst, our positions [C#m] we held stout
[A] We clung to belief [E] and we hung on the speech from our trusted leaders' mouths _
Overwhelming odds and a hopeless cause and our cities [C#m] overrun
There were them that [E] said we was badly led and God were we outgunned
_ Well I lost count of the worthy mounts that from under [C#m] me were cut
My favorite [E] mare with her head in the air took the cannon [B] in her gut
In [E] 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 get us 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 parade [A] and the [C#m] patriotic shouts
[A] They faded [E] fast didn't even last till their 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 fits, [A] TB and [C#m] dysentery
[A] That proved in the end [E] to have killed more men than the vilest enemy _ _
We were finally forced to feed on horse [A] and carcass we [C#m] could scrounge
[A] When the wagons stopped [E] and we burnt their crops to tar and barren [B] ground
[E] With morale in doubt and our pride run out [A] no honor did [C#m] I seek _
_ [A] All I seen [E] were a thousand dreams piled dead in front of me _
Well I wanna be in the cavalry [A] if they send me off [C#m] to war
_ _ [A] Well I wanna be [E] in the cavalry but I won't ride home no more _
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[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well I want to be in the [A] cavalry if they send [C#m] me off to war
[A] Well I want a [E] good steed under me like my forefathers before
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Courageous at first we took their worst, our positions [C#m] we held stout
[A] We clung to belief [E] and we hung on the speech from our trusted leaders' mouths _
Overwhelming odds and a hopeless cause and our cities [C#m] overrun
There were them that [E] said we was badly led and God were we outgunned
_ Well I lost count of the worthy mounts that from under [C#m] me were cut
My favorite [E] mare with her head in the air took the cannon [B] in her gut
In [E] 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 get us 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 parade [A] and the [C#m] patriotic shouts
[A] They faded [E] fast didn't even last till their 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 fits, [A] TB and [C#m] dysentery
[A] That proved in the end [E] to have killed more men than the vilest enemy _ _
We were finally forced to feed on horse [A] and carcass we [C#m] could scrounge
[A] When the wagons stopped [E] and we burnt their crops to tar and barren [B] ground
[E] With morale in doubt and our pride run out [A] no honor did [C#m] I seek _
_ [A] All I seen [E] were a thousand dreams piled dead in front of me _
Well I wanna be in the cavalry [A] if they send me off [C#m] to war
_ _ [A] Well I wanna be [E] in the cavalry but I won't ride home no more _
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[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
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