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Mercenary Song

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Gmajor
90BPM
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[Verse]
GMe and old Bill there we both come from Georgia
Met Hank out in DNew MexicoG  
We're Gbound for Durango to join Pancho Villa
We hear that he's Dpaying in Ggold
GI guess a man's got to do what he's best at
Ain't found nothing Dbetter so Gfar
Been Gcalled mercenaries and men with no country
Just soldiers in Dsearch of a Gwar
[Chorus]
We're Cbound for the border
We're Gsoldiers of fortune
We'll Dfight for no country
But we'll Gdie for good pay
CUnder the flag of the Ggreenback dollar
Or the peso down DMexico Gway
[Instrumental]
| G| G| D| G|
| G| G| D| G|
| C| G| D| G|
[Verse]
GWhen this war is over, I might go back to Georgia
And settle down Dquiet someGwhere
I'll Gmost likely pack up and head south for Chile
Heard tell there's some Dtrouble down Gthere
[Chorus]
We're Cbound for the border
We're Gsoldiers of fortune
We'll Dfight for no country
But we'll Gdie for good pay
CUnder the flag of the Ggreenback dollar
Or the peso down DMexico Gway
We're Cbound for the border
We're Gsoldiers of fortune
We'll Dfight for no country
But we'll Gdie for good pay
CUnder the flag of the Ggreenback dollar
Or the peso down DMexico Gway
[Outro]
We're Cbound for the border
We're Gsoldiers of fortune
We'll Dfight for no country
But we'll Gdie for good pay
CUnder the flag of the Ggreenback dollar
Or the peso down DMexico Gway (Fade out)
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