Chocolate Soldier chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

G                              C
As I walked towards the old town hall
    D                      G
A crowd of my mates by my side
                         C
To join up the Ulster Division
   D                      G
I knew I was young but I lied
                       C
In the YCV they had trained me
     D                      G
To honour and fight for my land
                                C
And I proudly paraded through Belfast
        D                        G
To the sound of a fife and drum band.

  C                    G
Arriving in Europe it hit me
     C                    G
the reality of what I would do
         C                     G
I would clamber or the trench ladder
           D                     G
When the captain his whistle he blew.
C G D G

 G                            C
So tonight as i lie in this dugout
  D                      G
Cold and encased in the mud
                            C
I long to be with you my darling
   D                        G
To hold you as one of my blood

We'd walk hand in hand through old
C
Belfast
 D                              G
Through the streets that I love Sandy

Row
                                C
But I know that it will never happen
     D                   G
For tomorrow to battle I go.

C                        G
Remember I always will love you
C                             G
Tell my ma and my da just the same
C                               G
I'm afraid like the lads here beside me
        D                       G
That in France I will surely remain.

C G D G
G
But I'd fight and I'd die for old
C
Ulster
     D                             G
For England and the red white and blue
                                 C
I would die for our leader Lord Carson
   D                      G
The YCV are all loyal to you.
                                C
Don't be stirred my lads I am writing
   D                           G
To my girl back in Belfast so true

She broke her wee heart when I left
C
her
   D                     G
My Ulster I do this for you

C                          G
So I bid you adue now my darling
          C                       G
For it's dark and I can't see to write
 C                     G
Remember the Ulster Division
      D                     G
For Ulster will always be right

      C                     G
Yes remember the Ulster Division
      D                     G
For Ulster will always be right.