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Done With Bonaparte chords by Mark Knopfler

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  • Capo on 5th
This version of "Done With Bonaprte" is based on the performance at the 2007 AVO Session which was performed
in C. See https://www.youtube.com/watch v=KPO02BvAu6g
Both Mark Knopfler and his acoustic guitarist played the song in Chord diagramG+G with the capo on the 5th fret, which is how
I've done it here.
NOTES:
  *   The "G" chord played over the last syllable of the chorus ("-parte") is actually the 1st chord of the
      following instrumental.
  **  The last line of the outro slows down.

Intro:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9    Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G

Instrumental:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9    Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G

Verse 1:
      Chord diagramE minorEm
We've paid in hell since Moscow burned
      Chord diagramG+G
These Cossacks tear us piece by piece
    Chord diagramD MajorD
Our dead are strewn a hundred leagues
       Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
Though death would be a sweet release
        Chord diagramE minorEm
And our Grande Armée is dressed in rags
Chord diagramG+G
Frozen starving beggar band
     Chord diagramD MajorD
Like rats we steal each other's scraps
Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
Fall to fighting hand to hand

Chorus:
Chord diagramC majorC
Save my soul from evil, Lord
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramE minorEm
Heal this soldier's heart
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA minorAm
Trust in thee to keep me, Lord
    Chord diagramC majorC     N.C          Chord diagramG+G
I'm done     with Bona-parte

Instrumental:
*        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9    Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G

Verse 2:
     Chord diagramE minorEm
What dreams he made for us to dream
Chord diagramG+G
Spanish skies, Egyptian sands
    Chord diagramD MajorD
The world was ours, we marched upon
    Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
Our little Corporal's command
      Chord diagramE minorEm
And I lost an eye at Austerlitz
    Chord diagramG+G
The sabre slash yet gives me pain
   Chord diagramD MajorD
My one true love awaits me still
    Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
The flower of the aquitaine

Chorus:
Chord diagramC majorC
Save my soul from evil, Lord
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramE minorEm
Heal this soldier's heart
     Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA minorAm
I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord
    Chord diagramC majorC     N.C          Chord diagramG+G
I'm done     with Bona-parte

Instrumental:
*        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9    Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G

Verse 3:
  Chord diagramE minorEm
I pray for her who prays for me
  Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA safe return to my belle France
   Chord diagramD MajorD
We prayed these wars would end all wars
   Chord diagramC majorC
In war we know is no romance
Chord diagramE minorEm
Pray our child will never see
  Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA little corporal again
Chord diagramD MajorD
Point toward a foreign shore
Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G
Captivate the hearts of men

Chorus:
Chord diagramC majorC
Save my soul from evil, Lord
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramE minorEm
Heal this soldier's heart
          Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA minorAm
Well I'll trust in thee to keep me, Lord
    Chord diagramC majorC     N.C          Chord diagramG+G
I'm done     with Bona-parte

Instrumental:
*        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9    Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G

Instrumental:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9    Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G

Outro:
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramCadd9Cadd9    Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G **

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