{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1756187,"song":"Quartermasters Stores","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11380169-quartermasters-stores-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1756187?type=chord","rating":4.66517,"votes":19,"content":"I believe this is an old 'scouting' song which originated from the American civil war?.\r\nPlenty of other lyric versions out there including some 'rude' ones!!\r\nCan be transposed to any key depending on what suits your voice.\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes are dim I cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was cheese cheese wafting on the breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nIn the stores in the stores[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere was ham ham mixed up with the jam\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Quartermaster’s Stores[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes are dim I cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was bread bread just like lumps of lead[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the stores in the stores[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere were buns buns and bullets for the guns\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Quartermaster’s Stores[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes are dim I cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were mice mice eating up the rice[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the stores in the stores[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere were rats rats big as blooming cats\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Quartermaster’s Stores[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes are dim I cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is meat meat meat you couldn’t eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the stores in the stores[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere were eggs eggs nearly growing legs\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Quartermaster’s Stores[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes are dim I cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is beer beer that you can’t get near[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the stores in the stores[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere is rum rum for the general’s tum\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Quartermaster’s Stores[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes are dim I cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was cake cake cake you couldn’t break[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the stores in the stores[/tab]\r\n\r\nThere were flies flies feeding on the pies\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Quartermaster’s Stores[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes are dim I cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI have not brought my specs with me[/tab]","plain_text":"I believe this is an old 'scouting' song which originated from the American civil war?.\nPlenty of other lyric versions out there including some 'rude' ones!!\nCan be transposed to any key depending on what suits your voice.\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nThere was ham ham mixed up with the jam\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nThere were buns buns and bullets for the guns\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nThere were rats rats big as blooming cats\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nThere were eggs eggs nearly growing legs\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\nThere is rum rum for the general’s tum\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\nThere were flies flies feeding on the pies\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}