Udi Song chords by John Edmond

Chords with lyrics

John Edmond - UDI Song


D MajorD

G+G C majorC FF A#A#

D MajorD

G+G C majorC FF A#A#

D MajorD


     D MajorD
Since the wagon wheels rode north
  C majorC       D MajorD
It has been many years
  D MajorD
The country has been built and run
  C majorC    D MajorD
By hardy pioneers
   A augmentedA
They fought the Matabele
   E MajorE
And a many hardship too
  A augmentedA
The flag unfurled will tell the world
  E MajorE
And sing this song to you

  D MajorD
And you can call us rebels
  C majorC        D MajorD
And you can call us rogues
  D MajorD
We were founded by an Englishman
    C majorC       D MajorD
By the name of Cecil Rose
  G+G
We fought for this dear land of ours
  FF      G+G
And many men did die
  G+G
And we may have to fight again
  FF     A augmentedA
For this is UDI

   D MajorD
In a time of need
        C majorC     D MajorD
We stood behind the motherland
   D MajorD
Ours soldiers fought in Flanders field
  C majorC       D MajorD
And in the desert sand
  A augmentedA
In steaming jungles we have fought
  E MajorE
The common enemy
     A augmentedA
But these things have been forgotten
     E MajorE
Since the days of victory

  D MajorD
And you can call us rebels
  C majorC        D MajorD
And you can call us rogues
  D MajorD
We were founded by an Englishman
    C majorC       D MajorD
By the name of Cecil Rose
  G+G
We fought for this dear land of ours
  FF      G+G
And many men did die
  G+G
And we may have to fight again
  FF     A augmentedA
For this is UDI

  D MajorD
And now the sun is setting
 C majorC        D MajorD
Upon the great regime
D MajorD
Children all are leaving
  C majorC          D MajorD
The mist where they were weemed
  A augmentedA
And now the youngest child has left
  E MajorE
The parents and the home
  A augmentedA
And it can prove its worth
    E MajorE
If it's only left alone


  D MajorD
And you can call us rebels
  C majorC        D MajorD
And you can call us rogues
  D MajorD
We were founded by an Englishman
    C majorC       D MajorD
By the name of Cecil Rose
  G+G
We fought for this dear land of ours
  FF      G+G
And many men did die
  G+G
And we may have to fight again
  FF     A augmentedA
For this is UDI           (ad libitum)


This song is on the album Troopie Songs Volume 1, it's the most polished version!
For the intro you can play the D MajorD chord and its variations (Dsus4Dsus4 and Dsus2Dsus2),
and only strum once each chord for the G+G C majorC FF A#A# part.

But you can skip the intro, the rest of the song is pretty straightforward
so you shouldn't have a problem transposing it to the other versions. To be noted:
'weem' is a scottish term for house, and seeing as Mr. Edmond live a bit in Scotland explains that,
because I had no idea what it ment beforehand.