Grave Of Bonaparte chords by Misc Country

THE GRAVE OF BONAPARTE

Traditional, Arr. N. & N. Blake

G                                 C             D
On a lone, barren isle, ...
                              G            D
Assail the stern rock and the ...
    G                         C            G
The hero lies still where the dew...
     C             G              D        G
Like fond, weeping mourners...
         D                           G            C
     The lightning may flash and the ...
                  G                  D     A       D
     He eats not, he hears not, he's ...
        G                             C               G
     He sleeps his last ...
        C         G            D      G
     No sound can awake ...
                   C           D      G
     No sound can awake ....

G                             C           D
Oh shade of the mighty, ...
                                 G               D
That rushed but to ...
 G                          C         G
Alas, they have perished ...
    C             G              D          G
And all, save the fame, ...
         D                         G           C
     The trumpet may sound and the ...
                        G                 D    A        D
     They eat not, they hear not, ...
          G                                 C                 G
     They sleep their last sleep, ...
        C          G            D      G
     No sound can awake ...
                   C            D      G
     No sound can awake them ...

G                         C           D
Yet, spirit immortal, ...
                               G             D
For like thine own eagle, ...
     G                           C         G
Thou springest from bondage, ...
  C             G             D          G
A name which, before thee, no ...
          D                       G             C
     Tho' nations may ...
                    G               D     A        D
     No more on thy steed wilt ...
          G                                  C               G
     Thou sleep'st thy last ...
        C          G            D      G
     No sound can awake ...
                   C             D      G
     No sound can awake ...


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-Bo Parker
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