Jerry Garcia & David Grisman "Two Soldiers" Chords
Tempo:
167.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Dm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[G]
[D]
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[C]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] He was just a blue [C]-eyed Boston boy, his voice was [G] low with pain
[D] I'll do your [C] bidding, comrade mine, if I ride back [G] again
[D] But if you ride back [G] and I am left, [D] you'd do as much for me
Mother, you know, [C] must hear the news, so write to her [G]
tenderly
[D]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[D] She's waiting at home like [C] a patient saint, her fond face tailed [G] with woe
[D] Her heart will be broken [C] when I am gone, I'll see her soon, [G] I know
[D] Just then the order [G]
came to charge, [D] for an instant hand touched hand
They said, I [C] know a way, they wrote, that brave and [G] behold it fanned
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] [C]
[Dm]
[C] [G]
[B] [Bm]
[G] [C]
[A] [Cm] [D]
[C]
[D]
[G]
[D] Straight was the track to the [C] top of the hill, the rebels they shot [G] and shelled
[D] Plowed furrows of death through [C] the toiling ranks and guarded them as [G] they fell
[D] There soon came a horrible [G]
dying ill, [D] from heights they could not gain
And those that doomed [C] in death and spared, wrote slowly down [G]
again
[D]
[C]
[Dm] [C]
[G]
But [D] among the dead that were [C] left on the hill, was the boy with the curly [G] hair
[D] The tall, dark man [C] that rode by his side, they did resign [G] him there
[D] There's no one to write to [G] the blue-eyed girl, [D] the words her lover had said
Mom, you know [C]
it's the news, she'll only know [G] easier
[D]
[C]
[Dm]
[C] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [G]
[C] [E]
[D]
[G] [B] [A]
[C] [G]
[B] [A]
[D]
[Bm] [G] [C]
[E] [G]
[G]
[D]
[C]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[C]
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] He was just a blue [C]-eyed Boston boy, his voice was [G] low with pain
[D] I'll do your [C] bidding, comrade mine, if I ride back [G] again
[D] But if you ride back [G] and I am left, [D] you'd do as much for me
Mother, you know, [C] must hear the news, so write to her [G]
tenderly
[D]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[D] She's waiting at home like [C] a patient saint, her fond face tailed [G] with woe
[D] Her heart will be broken [C] when I am gone, I'll see her soon, [G] I know
[D] Just then the order [G]
came to charge, [D] for an instant hand touched hand
They said, I [C] know a way, they wrote, that brave and [G] behold it fanned
[D] [C]
[G]
[D] [C]
[Dm]
[C] [G]
[B] [Bm]
[G] [C]
[A] [Cm] [D]
[C]
[D]
[G]
[D] Straight was the track to the [C] top of the hill, the rebels they shot [G] and shelled
[D] Plowed furrows of death through [C] the toiling ranks and guarded them as [G] they fell
[D] There soon came a horrible [G]
dying ill, [D] from heights they could not gain
And those that doomed [C] in death and spared, wrote slowly down [G]
again
[D]
[C]
[Dm] [C]
[G]
But [D] among the dead that were [C] left on the hill, was the boy with the curly [G] hair
[D] The tall, dark man [C] that rode by his side, they did resign [G] him there
[D] There's no one to write to [G] the blue-eyed girl, [D] the words her lover had said
Mom, you know [C]
it's the news, she'll only know [G] easier
[D]
[C]
[Dm]
[C] [G]
[D]
[Bm] [G]
[C] [E]
[D]
[G] [B] [A]
[C] [G]
[B] [A]
[D]
[Bm] [G] [C]
[E] [G]
Key:
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D
C
Dm
B
G
D
C
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] He was just a blue [C]-eyed _ Boston boy, his voice was _ [G] low with pain
_ _ [D] I'll do your [C] bidding, _ comrade mine, if I ride back [G] _ again
_ _ [D] But if you ride back [G] and I am left, [D] you'd do as much for me
_ _ _ Mother, you know, [C] must hear the news, so write to her _ _ [G] _
tenderly
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] She's waiting at home like [C] a patient saint, her fond face tailed [G] with _ _ woe
[D] Her heart will be broken [C] when I am gone, I'll see her soon, [G] I know
_ _ _ [D] Just then the order [G] _
came to charge, [D] for an _ instant hand touched _ hand _ _
They said, I [C] know a way, they wrote, that brave and _ _ [G] behold it _ fanned _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Straight was the track to the [C] top of the hill, the rebels they shot [G] and shelled
_ _ [D] Plowed furrows of death through [C] the toiling ranks and guarded them as [G] they fell
_ _ [D] There soon came a horrible [G] _ _
dying ill, [D] from heights they could not _ gain
_ And those that doomed [C] in death and spared, wrote slowly _ down [G] _
again
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ But [D] among the dead that were [C] left on the hill, was the boy with the curly [G] hair _
_ _ _ [D] The tall, dark man [C] that rode by his side, they did resign [G] him there
_ _ [D] There's no one to write to [G] the blue-eyed girl, [D] the _ words her lover had _ _ said _ _
Mom, you know [C] _
it's the news, she'll only know [G] easier
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] He was just a blue [C]-eyed _ Boston boy, his voice was _ [G] low with pain
_ _ [D] I'll do your [C] bidding, _ comrade mine, if I ride back [G] _ again
_ _ [D] But if you ride back [G] and I am left, [D] you'd do as much for me
_ _ _ Mother, you know, [C] must hear the news, so write to her _ _ [G] _
tenderly
_ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] She's waiting at home like [C] a patient saint, her fond face tailed [G] with _ _ woe
[D] Her heart will be broken [C] when I am gone, I'll see her soon, [G] I know
_ _ _ [D] Just then the order [G] _
came to charge, [D] for an _ instant hand touched _ hand _ _
They said, I [C] know a way, they wrote, that brave and _ _ [G] behold it _ fanned _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Straight was the track to the [C] top of the hill, the rebels they shot [G] and shelled
_ _ [D] Plowed furrows of death through [C] the toiling ranks and guarded them as [G] they fell
_ _ [D] There soon came a horrible [G] _ _
dying ill, [D] from heights they could not _ gain
_ And those that doomed [C] in death and spared, wrote slowly _ down [G] _
again
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ But [D] among the dead that were [C] left on the hill, was the boy with the curly [G] hair _
_ _ _ [D] The tall, dark man [C] that rode by his side, they did resign [G] him there
_ _ [D] There's no one to write to [G] the blue-eyed girl, [D] the _ words her lover had _ _ said _ _
Mom, you know [C] _
it's the news, she'll only know [G] easier
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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