{"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":2498148,"song":"Yorkshire Regiment","artist":"Ewan McLennan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508503-yorkshire-regiment-chords-by-ewan-mclennan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2498148?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou say you saw the Yorkshire Regiment[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGo parading down our street[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow it breaks my heart, those brave young lads[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMarching off to that crooked beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMarching off to that crooked beat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere we wait each morning, to the drumming we drill[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs our sergeant he barks and he bays[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh, the jokes of the boys keep our spirits alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI miss you more than I say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI miss you more than I say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe hot air hangs heavy on the village by day[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the fields where the poppies are grown[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere our bomb struck here, was a market last year[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the children greet us with stones[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe children greet us with stones[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's funny to think as I write you this note[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I turn my head to the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe same stars that burn on this desert at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAre shining down where you lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre shining down where you lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe lost young Private Mitchell last week[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis funeral was just today[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd as the sandstorm stung our saluting hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis body lifted away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis young body was lifted away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as the bugle tune stopped playing it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the wind it was carried away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOur Sergeant Brown he told us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe died for his nation's sake[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe died for his nation's sake[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut my mind started wandering later[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo some thoughts so cold and grey[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDo we give our lives for our country[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr by our leaders are they stolen away?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr by our leaders are they stolen away?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as I look around at us young lads[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSmiling bravely in our uniforms[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI wonder when I found I first liked them[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSons of those who wanted the war[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSons of those who wanted the war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo come ye squaddies from Banfrie Chapel[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom Leeds and the towns to the north[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe troop is our lives to our leaders[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHard luck, not a grain of sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHard luck, not a damn grain of sorrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou say you saw the Yorkshire Regiment[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGo parading down our street[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow it breaks my heart, those brave young lads[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMarching off to that crooked beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMarching off to that crooked beat[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC   F  C  F  C G/B Am\nC   F  C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC   F  C  F  C G/B Am\nC   F  C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC   F  C  F  C G/B Am\nC   F  C\n\n[Verse]","chords":["C","F","G/B","Am","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}