Peat Bog Soldiers chords by The Dubliners

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

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

Chorus:
D  G                D
We are the peat bog soldiers,
Em                D             Em
Marching with our spades to the moor.
D  G                D
We are the peat bog soldiers,
Em                D             Em
Marching with our spades to the moor.

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

Chorus:
D  G                D
We are the peat bog soldiers,
Em                D             Em
Marching with our spades to the moor.
D  G                D
We are the peat bog soldiers,
Em                D             Em
Marching with our spades to the moor.

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

Chorus:
D    G                D
Then will the peatbog soldiers
Em                        D            Em
March no more with their spades to the moor.
D    G                D
Then will the peatbog soldiers
Em                        D            Em
March no more with their spades to the moor.