Chords for Kris Kristofferson - The eagle and the bear (Breakthrough, 1989)
Tempo:
72.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#
D#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [D#] [E] [C#m] [B]
[E] [B]
[E] I will fight and I will die [B] for freedom, [E] up against an [B] eagle or a bear.
[E] I will help my brother [B] and we'll sink or swim together.
[E] You don't like it mister, I [F#] don't care.
I [E] have served with honor in [B] the army.
[D#] [E] I have been a soldier [B] overseas.
[E] I have seen my [B] fatherland stagger like a dying [E] man, blinded and bewildered [F#] by disease.
But [E] I ain't gonna take it [B] any longer.
[E] I can't look around it [B] anymore.
[E] I'll defend what I [B] believe in the land of [E] liberty, like my mother [F#] did before.
[E] I'll just pray to God for [B] Nicaragua, [E] and to the sorrow of El [B] Salvador today.
And [E] I'll say until the day we free [B] Mandela, [F#] all the world will be [B] in chains.
[E] I will fight and I will die [B] for freedom, [D#] [E] up against an eagle [B] or a bear.
I [E] will help my brother [B] and we'll sink or swim together.
[E] If you don't like it mister, [F#] I don't care.
[E] I'll just pray to God for [B] Nicaragua, [E] and to the sorrow of El Salvador [B] today.
[E] And I'll say until the day we [B] free Mandela, [F#] all the world [B] will be in chains.
[Bm] [C]
[E] [B]
[E] I will fight and I will die [B] for freedom, [E] up against an [B] eagle or a bear.
[E] I will help my brother [B] and we'll sink or swim together.
[E] You don't like it mister, I [F#] don't care.
I [E] have served with honor in [B] the army.
[D#] [E] I have been a soldier [B] overseas.
[E] I have seen my [B] fatherland stagger like a dying [E] man, blinded and bewildered [F#] by disease.
But [E] I ain't gonna take it [B] any longer.
[E] I can't look around it [B] anymore.
[E] I'll defend what I [B] believe in the land of [E] liberty, like my mother [F#] did before.
[E] I'll just pray to God for [B] Nicaragua, [E] and to the sorrow of El [B] Salvador today.
And [E] I'll say until the day we free [B] Mandela, [F#] all the world will be [B] in chains.
[E] I will fight and I will die [B] for freedom, [D#] [E] up against an eagle [B] or a bear.
I [E] will help my brother [B] and we'll sink or swim together.
[E] If you don't like it mister, [F#] I don't care.
[E] I'll just pray to God for [B] Nicaragua, [E] and to the sorrow of El Salvador [B] today.
[E] And I'll say until the day we [B] free Mandela, [F#] all the world [B] will be in chains.
[Bm] [C]
Key:
E
B
F#
D#
C#m
E
B
F#
[B] _ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] I will fight and I will die [B] for freedom, _ _ [E] up against an [B] eagle or a bear. _
_ [E] _ I will help my brother [B] and we'll sink or swim together.
[E] You don't like it mister, I [F#] don't care.
I _ [E] have served with honor in [B] the army. _
_ [D#] [E] I have been a soldier [B] overseas. _
_ _ [E] I have seen my [B] fatherland stagger like a dying [E] man, blinded and bewildered [F#] by disease.
But _ _ [E] I ain't gonna take it [B] any longer. _
_ [E] I can't look around it [B] anymore. _
_ _ [E] I'll defend what I [B] believe in the land of [E] liberty, like my mother [F#] did before. _
_ [E] I'll just pray to God for [B] Nicaragua, _ [E] and to the sorrow of El [B] Salvador today. _
And [E] I'll say until the day we free [B] Mandela, _ _ [F#] _ all the world will be [B] in chains.
_ _ [E] I will fight and I will die [B] for freedom, _ [D#] _ [E] up against an eagle [B] or a bear.
I _ [E] will help my brother [B] and we'll sink or swim together.
[E] If you don't like it mister, [F#] I don't care.
_ _ [E] I'll just pray to God for [B] Nicaragua, _ [E] and to the sorrow of El Salvador [B] today. _
_ [E] And I'll say until the day we [B] free Mandela, _ _ [F#] _ all the world [B] will be in chains.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] I will fight and I will die [B] for freedom, _ _ [E] up against an [B] eagle or a bear. _
_ [E] _ I will help my brother [B] and we'll sink or swim together.
[E] You don't like it mister, I [F#] don't care.
I _ [E] have served with honor in [B] the army. _
_ [D#] [E] I have been a soldier [B] overseas. _
_ _ [E] I have seen my [B] fatherland stagger like a dying [E] man, blinded and bewildered [F#] by disease.
But _ _ [E] I ain't gonna take it [B] any longer. _
_ [E] I can't look around it [B] anymore. _
_ _ [E] I'll defend what I [B] believe in the land of [E] liberty, like my mother [F#] did before. _
_ [E] I'll just pray to God for [B] Nicaragua, _ [E] and to the sorrow of El [B] Salvador today. _
And [E] I'll say until the day we free [B] Mandela, _ _ [F#] _ all the world will be [B] in chains.
_ _ [E] I will fight and I will die [B] for freedom, _ [D#] _ [E] up against an eagle [B] or a bear.
I _ [E] will help my brother [B] and we'll sink or swim together.
[E] If you don't like it mister, [F#] I don't care.
_ _ [E] I'll just pray to God for [B] Nicaragua, _ [E] and to the sorrow of El Salvador [B] today. _
_ [E] And I'll say until the day we [B] free Mandela, _ _ [F#] _ all the world [B] will be in chains.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _