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Lindisfarne - Marshall Riley's Army
[Intro]
G  C  G/B  Am  G  C  D
[Verse 1]
In OcGtober '3D6 they took a Emtrip
The men who Bmmade the ships
CSearching for some kind of salDvation
With Ghead held high and Ddignified
The Emtownsfolk and the Bmpassers by
CHeld them in some kind of admiDration
[Chorus]
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
Marching for your Bmrights you've surely Dearned them
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
The lessons that you've Bmtaught us, who has Dlearned GthemC?G/B  Am  G  C  D  
[Verse 2]
GSoldiers in the Dfrontline
Of the Emstruggle for the Bmright to work
Did Cgod give me these hands just to be Didle?
While his Gholiness the DBishop
With his Eminfinite Christian Bmwisdom
Like CPeter when the cock crew, had deDnied them
[Chorus]
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
Marching for your Bmrights you've surely Dearned them
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
The lessons that you've Bmtaught us, who has Dlearned GthemC?G/B  Am  G  C  D  
[Verse 3]
And the Gyes-men and the Dpress-men
To London Emtown Bmall came down
CBrought with them the curious and deDranged
And Gforty years has Dsince gone past
But you're Emstill down there if you're Bmworking class
Can Canybody tell me what has Dchanged?
[Chorus]
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
Marching for your Bmrights you've surely Dearned them
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
The lessons that you've Bmtaught us, who has Dlearned GthemC?G/B  Am  G  C  D  
[Chorus]
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
Marching for your Bmrights you've surely Dearned them
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
The lessons that you've Bmtaught us, who has Dlearned GthemC?G/B  Am  G  C  D  
[Chorus]       (## fade to end ##)
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
Marching for your Bmrights you've surely Dearned them
GMarch on_D_, Marshall EmRiley's CarGmy
The lessons that you've Bmtaught us, who has Dlearned GthemC?G/B  Am  G  C  D  

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Marshall Rileys Army

by Lindisfarne

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G/B

Lindisfarne - Marshall Riley's Army

[Intro]

G C G/B Am G C D

[Verse 1]

G D Em

In October '36 they took a trip

The men who made the ships

C D

Searching for some kind of salvation

G D

With head held high and dignified

Em Bm

The townsfolk and the passers by

C D

Held them in some kind of admiration

[Chorus]

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D

Marching for your rights you've surely earned them

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D G C G/B Am G C D

The lessons that you've taught us, who has learned them?

[Verse 2]

G D

Soldiers in the frontline

Em Bm

Of the struggle for the right to work

C D

Did god give me these hands just to be idle?

G D

While his holiness the Bishop

Em Bm

With his infinite Christian wisdom

C D

Like Peter when the cock crew, had denied them

[Chorus]

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D

Marching for your rights you've surely earned them

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D G C G/B Am G C D

The lessons that you've taught us, who has learned them?

[Verse 3]

G D

And the yes-men and the press-men

Em Bm

To London town all came down

C D

Brought with them the curious and deranged

G D

And forty years has since gone past

Em Bm

But you're still down there if you're working class

C D

Can anybody tell me what has changed?

[Chorus]

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D

Marching for your rights you've surely earned them

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D G C G/B Am G C D

The lessons that you've taught us, who has learned them?

[Chorus]

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D

Marching for your rights you've surely earned them

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D G C G/B Am G C D

The lessons that you've taught us, who has learned them?

[Chorus] (## fade to end ##)

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D

Marching for your rights you've surely earned them

G D Em C G

March on__, Marshall Riley's army

Bm D G C G/B Am G C D

The lessons that you've taught us, who has learned them?

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