Chords for The Jolly Soldier - Paul Brady 1976

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The Jolly Soldier - Paul Brady 1976 chords
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[D] [Ab]
This time it's going to be [Eb] a song called The Jolly Soldier, which is a story about, [Ab] well
it basically tells its own story, but it's basically about this couple who get married
and the father does not agree to the match [G] so he follows them after they get married
with a desire to do them ill and this [Eb] of course is thwarted and they all
[Em] end [Eb] up very happy
and [Ab] very sick like that you know.
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[Ab] [Eb] He drew out his [Ab] sword and [Db] pistol [Cm] and he [Eb] hung them [Ab] by his side, [Eb] and he swore that he would
marry her [Ab] and that's what would be signed.
[Eb] So they went and [Ab] they got married and as they were coming [Eb] home, they met with [Ab] their old
father and seven [Eb] armored men, let us pray he cries [Eb] the same day [Ab] for we [Bbm] surely [Ab] will be slain.
Fear nothing [Eb] might ensharpen [Ab] the soldier cried again, then up came the old man and
from so [Eb] hard it's say, it's for your [Ab]
disobedience to me [Eb] this very day, since you [Ab] have been so
mean as to [Bbm] be a [Ab] soldier's wife, [Eb] down in this lonesome valley I will surely take your [Ab] life.
[Eb] Oh now [Ab] cried the soldier I do not like [Eb] your brattle, for of [Ab] all I am of light you I am
well [Eb] prepared for battle.
He drew out his sword and pistol and [Cm] he [Eb] caused them [Ab] far to roar [Eb] and the lady held the [Ab] bridle
while the soldier [Eb] battled so.
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[Eb] And the first one [Ab] he came to he ran him [Eb] through the mane, and the second [Ab] one he came to he
served him just [Eb] the same.
Let us [Ab] flee cried the other for we [Eb] surely [Ab] will be slain.
[Eb] Fight on might ensharpen [Ab] the soldier cried again.
Stay your hand cried the old man you make me blood [Eb] run cold and you shall [Ab] have me daughter
and five thousand pounds [Eb] in gold.
Fight on [Abm] cried the [Eb] lady [Ab] for his [Bbm] offer [Ab] is too small, [Eb] stay your hand cried the [Gb] old man [Ab] you
[Db] shall have a doll.
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[Ab] So he's taken them both home [Db] and he's [Ab] made them [Eb] both his heirs and it wasn't [Ab] out of love
but it wasn't dread [Eb] and fear for there never [Ab] was a [Eb] soldier ever who [Ab] carried a gun [Eb] who would
ever flinch or budge an [Ab] inch till a battle he had won.
[Eb] [Ab] So don't despise a soldier just because he's poor, he's [Db] happy [Ab] on the battlefield as at
the [Db] barrack doer, but they [Ab] are the lads to be [Db] jovial, [Ab] brisk and free and [Eb] they'll fight
for the pretty [Db] girls [Ab] for rights and liberties.
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab]
This time it's going to be _ [Eb] a song called The Jolly Soldier, which is a story about, [Ab] well
it basically tells its own story, but it's basically about this couple who get married
and the father does not agree to the match [G] so he follows them after they get married
with _ a desire to do them ill and this [Eb] of course is thwarted and they all _
[Em] end [Eb] up very happy
and [Ab] very sick like that you know. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ He drew out his [Ab] sword and [Db] pistol [Cm] and he [Eb] hung them [Ab] by his side, [Eb] and he swore that he would
marry her [Ab] and that's what would be signed.
_ [Eb] _ _ So they went and [Ab] they got married and as they were coming [Eb] home, they met with [Ab] their old
father and seven [Eb] armored men, let us pray he cries [Eb] the same day [Ab] for we [Bbm] surely [Ab] will be slain.
Fear nothing [Eb] might ensharpen [Ab] the soldier cried again, then up came the old man and
from so [Eb] hard it's say, it's for your [Ab] _
disobedience to me [Eb] this very day, since you [Ab] have been so
mean as to [Bbm] be a [Ab] soldier's wife, [Eb] down in this lonesome valley I will surely take your [Ab] life.
[Eb] _ _ Oh now [Ab] cried the soldier I do not like [Eb] your brattle, for of [Ab] all I am of light you I am
well [Eb] prepared for battle.
He drew out his sword and pistol and [Cm] he [Eb] caused them [Ab] far to roar [Eb] and the lady held the [Ab] bridle
while the soldier [Eb] battled so.
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_ [Eb] _ _ And the first one [Ab] he came to he ran him [Eb] through the mane, and the second [Ab] one he came to he
served him just [Eb] the same.
Let us [Ab] flee cried the other for we [Eb] surely [Ab] will be slain.
[Eb] Fight on might ensharpen [Ab] the soldier cried again.
Stay your hand cried the old man you make me blood [Eb] run cold and you shall [Ab] have me daughter
and five thousand pounds [Eb] in gold.
Fight on [Abm] cried the [Eb] lady [Ab] for his [Bbm] offer [Ab] is too small, [Eb] stay your hand cried the [Gb] old man [Ab] you
[Db] shall have a doll.
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] So he's taken them both home [Db] and he's [Ab] made them [Eb] both his heirs and it wasn't [Ab] out of love
but it wasn't dread [Eb] and fear for there never [Ab] was a [Eb] soldier ever who [Ab] carried a gun [Eb] who would
ever flinch or budge an [Ab] inch till a battle he had won.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] So don't despise a soldier just because he's poor, he's [Db] happy [Ab] on the battlefield as at
the [Db] barrack doer, but they [Ab] are the lads to be [Db] jovial, [Ab] brisk and free and [Eb] they'll fight
for the pretty [Db] girls [Ab] for rights and liberties. _
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