{"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":1995407,"song":"I Wanna Be In The Cavalry","artist":"Corb Lund","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1995407-i-wanna-be-in-the-cavalry-chords-by-corb-lund/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1995407?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":124,"content":"Played with no capo. Find yourself a Drummer Boy to lay down that solid snare rhythm and you're set!\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I wanna horse in the volunteer force that's riding forth at dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nPlease save for me some gallantry that will echo when I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nWell, I’d not a good foot soldier make, I'd be sour and slow at march[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd be sick on a navy ship, and the sea would leave me parched[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut I'll be first in line if they'll let me ride, by god, you'll see my starch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLope back o'er the heath with the laurel wreath underneath that vict’ry arch[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLet me earn my spurs in the battle's blur where the day is lost or won[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll wield my lance as the ponies dance and the blackguards fire their guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA sabre keen, and a saddle carbine and an army Remington[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the hot lead screams with the cold, cold steel let me be a cav’lryman[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanna be in the cavalry if I must go off to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLet 'em play their flutes and stirrup my boots and place them back to front[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause I won’t be back on the rider-less black and I'm finished in my hunt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanna be in the cavalry, but I won't ride home no more[/tab]","plain_text":"Played with no capo. Find yourself a Drummer Boy to lay down that solid snare rhythm and you're set!\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["G","C","Em","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}