{"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":2754684,"song":"The Regular Army O","artist":"Mick Moloney","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11630434-the-regular-army-o-chords-by-mick-moloney/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2754684?type=chord","rating":4.72066,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThree years ago this very day we went to Governors Isle[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor to stand against the cannon in true military style[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSeventeen American dollars each month we'd surely get[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor to carry a gun and a bayonet with regimental step[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe had a choice of going to the army or to jail[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh it's up the Hudson River with a copper take a sail[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh we puckered up our courage and with bravery we did go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh we cursed the day we went away with the Regular Army O[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n There was Sergeant John McCaffery and Captain Donahue[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Oh they made us march and toe the mark in gallant company Q[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Well the drums would roll upon me soul this is the style we go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Forty miles a day on beans and hay in the Regular Army O[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe be dry as army herrings and as hungry as a Turk[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe boys along the street cry out \"soldier would you work\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe'd ship into the Navy for to plow the raging seas[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut cold water, sure, we couldn't endure. Twould never agree with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd join the politicians and we know we'd be well fed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh we sleep no more upon the ground but in a feather bed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd if a war it should break out, they call on us to go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll get Italian substitutes in the Regular Army O[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n There was Sergeant John McCaffery and Captain Donahue[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Oh they made us march and toe the mark in gallant company Q[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Well the drums would roll upon me soul this is the style we go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Forty miles a day on beans and hay in the Regular Army O[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith cords upon our heels me boys and bunions on our toes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom lugging the gun in the red hot sun with freckles on our nose[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEngland tells us grenediers, France tells its zu zus[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe USA never changes they say but always wears the blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen we are out to pomperade our muskets must be bright[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOr they'll slap us in the guardhouse to pass away the night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd when we want a furlough to the colonel we do go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGo to bed and wait till you're dead in the Regular Army O[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n There was Sergeant John McCaffery and Captain Donahue[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Oh they made us march and toe the mark in gallant company Q[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Well the drums would roll upon me soul this is the style we go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Forty miles a day on beans and hay in the Regular Army O[/tab]\r\n\r\n [Final Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n There was Sergeant John McCaffery and Captain Donahue[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Oh they made us march and toe the mark in gallant company Q[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Well the drums would roll upon me soul this is the style we go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Forty miles a day on beans and hay in the Regular Army O[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n [Final Chorus]","chords":["Am","C","F","Em"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}