I Wanna Be In The Cavalry chords by The Corb Lund Band

Chords with lyrics

Played with no capo. Find yourself a Drummer Boy to lay down that solid snare rhythm and your set!

Chorus:
G+G                 C majorC       E minorEm
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
C majorC         G+G               D MajorD
I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before
G+G                       C majorC         E minorEm
I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar
C majorC         G+G            D MajorD   G+G
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war


Verse 1:
G+G                        C majorC        E minorEm
well,I wanna horse in the volunteer force that's riding forth at dawn
C majorC            G+G                 D MajorD
Please save for me some gallantry that will echo when I'm gone
G+G                  C majorC                E minorEm
I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
C majorC           G+G                D MajorD    G+G
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long

Verse 2:
G+G                    C majorC         E minorEm
I’m not a good foot soldier mate, I'd be sour and slow at march
C majorC           G+G                   D MajorD
And I'd be sick on a navy ship, and the sea would leave me parched
G+G                          C majorC          E minorEm
But I'll be first in line if they'll let me ride, by god, you'll see my starch
C majorC                 G+G               D MajorD   G+G
Lope back o'er the heath with the laurel wreath underneath that vict’ry arch


Chorus:
G+G                 C majorC       E minorEm
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
C majorC         G+G               D MajorD
I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before
G+G                       C majorC         E minorEm
I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar
C majorC         G+G            D MajorD   G+G
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war


Verse 3:
G+G                          C majorC       E minorEm
Let me earn my spurs in the battle's blur where the day is lost or won
C majorC              G+G                      D MajorD
I'll wield my lance as the ponies dance and the blackguards fire their guns
G+G                     C majorC      E minorEm
A augmentedA sabre keen, and a saddle carbine and an army Remington
C majorC                  G+G              D MajorD    C majorC
Where the hot lead screams with the cold, cold steel let me be a cav’lryman

Chorus:
G+G                 C majorC       E minorEm
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
C majorC         G+G               D MajorD
I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before
G+G                       C majorC         E minorEm
I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar
C majorC         G+G          D MajorD   G+G
I wanna be in the cavalry if I must go off to war


Verse 4:
G+G                         C majorC          E minorEm
Let 'em play their flutes and stirrup my boots and place them back to front
C majorC               G+G                    D MajorD
Cause I won’t be back on the rider-less black and I'm finished in my hunt
G+G                 C majorC       D MajorD
I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war
C majorC         G+G             D MajorD    G+G
I wanna be in the cavalry, but I won't ride home no more

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