Peat Bog Soldiers chords by The Dubliners

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:
E minorEm
Far and wide as the eye can wander,
A minorAm    E minorEm   D MajorD   E minorEm
Heath and bog are every where.
G+G
Not a bird sings out to cheer us.
A augmentedA  E minorEm      D MajorD     E minorEm
Oaks are standing gaunt and bare.

Chorus:
D MajorD G+G        D MajorD
We are the peat bog soldiers,
E minorEm        D MajorD       E minorEm
Marching with our spades to the moor.
D MajorD G+G        D MajorD
We are the peat bog soldiers,
E minorEm        D MajorD       E minorEm
Marching with our spades to the moor.

Verse 2:
E minorEm
Up and down the guards are marching,
A minorAm   E minorEm   D MajorD    E minorEm
No one, no one can get through.
G+G
Flight would mean a sure death facing,
A minorAm    E minorEm   D MajorD       E minorEm
Guns and barbed wire block our view.

Chorus:
D MajorD G+G        D MajorD
We are the peat bog soldiers,
E minorEm        D MajorD       E minorEm
Marching with our spades to the moor.
D MajorD G+G        D MajorD
We are the peat bog soldiers,
E minorEm        D MajorD       E minorEm
Marching with our spades to the moor.

Verse 3:
E minorEm
But for us there is no complaining,
A minorAm   E minorEm   D MajorD    E minorEm
Winter will in time be past.
G+G
One day we shall rise rejoicing.
A minorAm    E minorEm      D MajorD    E minorEm
Homeland, dear, you're mine at last.

Chorus:
D MajorD  G+G        D MajorD
Then will the peatbog soldiers
E minorEm            D MajorD      E minorEm
March no more with their spades to the moor.
D MajorD  G+G        D MajorD
Then will the peatbog soldiers
E minorEm            D MajorD      E minorEm
March no more with their spades to the moor.