{"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":1761590,"song":"The Blacksmith Of Brandywine","artist":"The New Christy Minstrels","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1761590-the-blacksmith-of-brandywine-chords-by-the-new-christy-minstrels/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1761590?type=chord","rating":4.33039,"votes":7,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMake it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOne for the girl that once was mine;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMake it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOur steed broke down in Brandywine, it was a sight to see:[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA giant man with a hammer in his hand beneath the old oak tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd all around him on the ground, in fatal disarray,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA score of men who'll never fight again, nor travel on the King's highway.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe dug his grave, and covered him o'er, and sadly wept a tear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd passed the day a-ridin' on our way till we met with a musketeer.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFrom him we learned the story of a brave and angry man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho undertook the British enemy with a hammer in his hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMake it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOne for the girl that once was mine;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMake it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere lived a man in Chestertown away from the cannon's roar.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOf manner mild, his woman and child, no man could ever love more;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut the Tories spoke a plot one day to waylay Washington,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe left his home and family alone, to the general he did run.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHis errand done, he journeyed home but sorrow there he found.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy British gun his wife and son lay still on the cold hard ground.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe blacksmith reached for his heavy sledge and he gave a practice swing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey say on the line at Brandywine, you could hear his hammer sing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMake it one! For Washington and all his gallant men,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOne for the girl that once was mine;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMake it one! For the darling boy I'll never see again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd don't forget the Blacksmith of Brandywine![/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}