{"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":781936,"song":"Horse Soldier Horse Soldier","artist":"Corb Lund","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/781936-horse-soldier-horse-soldier-chords-by-corb-lund/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/781936?type=chord","rating":4.95391,"votes":141,"content":"Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRouting Bonaparte at Waterloo[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I's with Custer and the 7th in ‘76 or ‘77[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nScalped at Little Big Horn by the Sioux[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears and devastation of a once-proud warrior nation[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis I know ‘cause I was riding with them too[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I drank mare's blood on the run when I rode with the Great Khan[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOn the frozen Mongol steppe while at his height[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I's a White Guard, I's a Red Guard, I's the Tsar's own palace horse guard[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen Romanov was murdered in the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew Salah al-Din and rode his swift Arabians[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHarassing doomed crusaders on their heavy drafts[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd yet I rode the Percheron against the circling Saracen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd once again, against myself was cast[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRouting Bonaparte at Waterloo[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I've worn the Mounties crimson, if you're silent and you'll listen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nYou'll know that it was with them, that I stood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen Mayerthorpe, she cried, as her four horsemen died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGunned down in scarlet, coldest blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I's the firstest with the mostest when I fought for Bedford Forrest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSuffered General Wilson's Union raid[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd mine was not to reason why, mine was but to do or die[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt Crimea with the charging light brigade[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn hire from Swiss or Sweden, be me Christian, be me heathen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe devil to the saber I shall put[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a crack flanking maneuver, I'm an uhlan alles uber[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStriking terror into regiment of foot[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRouting Bonaparte at Waterloo[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7] --Slow Strumming--\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I knew my days were numbered when o’er the trenches lumbered[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nMore modern machinations de la guerre[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo match for rapid fire or the steel birds of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith a final rear guard action I retreat[/tab]\r\n\r\n---Strum Once--\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo match for barbed wire or the armoured engines whine[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nReluctant I retire and take my leave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]N.C.                                      [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nToday I ride with special forces on those wily Afghan horses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDostum’s Northern Alliance give their thanks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd no matter defeat or victory, in battle it occurs to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat we may see a swelling in our ranks[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus] --Normal Strumming--\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRouting Bonaparte at Waterloo[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm a horse soldier, eternal, through and through[/tab]","plain_text":"Corb Lund - Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!\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[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7] --Slow Strumming--\n\n\n\n\n\n---Strum Once--\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] --Normal Strumming--","chords":["Em","Am","B7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}