Chords for Too Dark For The Light Horse (Too Light For The Clan)

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_ _ _ _ [C] Well, [Em] his name was Billy [Am] Martin, _ _ _ [C] came from [G] a Rajouri [Am] tribe,
_ _ [G] Worked the land for [Am] his white boss man.
[C] _ [G] And how the boy could [Am] ride, _ _ _ [C] _ well, the battle drums [Am] were beating,
_ _ [C] Calling [G] every [Am] man to war.
_ [F] But young Billy's tribe [Em] could barely survive,
There [C] was so much [G] more worth [Am] fighting for.
In [F] the thick of [C] the fight, there's [G] no black and [C] no white,
Only the soldier [G] in green.
At the [C] end of the day, [G] our cause is [Am] the same,
_ [F] Too dark for the black [G] horse, too light for [Am] the clan.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Well, [G] Billy silenced [Am] all his critics, _ _ [C] by [G] signing up the [Am] next day,
[G] At a third of the wage [Am] of the white soldier's pay. _
[G] Still his chest filled [Am] with pride, _ _ _
[G] And he proved he [Am] was a fighter, _ _ [C] _
[G] equal to the [Am] task at hand.
[F] If you trust your life [Em] to the soldier by your side,
[C] That's the [G] better measure of [Am] a man.
And [F] in the thick [C] of the fight, [G] there's no black [C] and no white,
[F] Only [C] the soldier [G] in green.
[F] At the end [C] of the day, [G] our cause [Am] is the same,
[F] Too dark for the black [G] horse, _ too light [Am] for the clan.
_ _ _ _ And [F] in the dead of the night, [E] you can still hear the voices [Am] of his elders,
It's not your fight, don't give your life,
Don't [Bm] join the tribe [A] of the white man.
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_ _ [C] _ _ [G] the [Am] war was over, _ _ [C] _ [G] all his medals packed [Am] away,
_ No [G] bank, no loan, no [Am] farm, no vote,
_ [G] They took his [Am] kids to them.
_ _ _ _ _ And in the thick of the fight, [G] there's no black [C] and no [F] white,
[C] Only the [G] soldier in green.
At [F] the end of the [D] day, our [Am] cause is the same, _
_ Freedom.
_ [C] Too dark for the [G] light horse, too [Am] light for the clan. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] Too dark for the [G] light horse, too [Am] light for the clan. _
_ _ _ Billy, [F] you're too dark for the [G] light horse, too light [Am] for the clan. _
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