Tramp Tramp Tramp chords by George F Root

Chords with lyrics

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp chords
George F. Root (1864)

A augmentedA
In my prison cell I sit,
     D MajorD        A augmentedA
thinking, mother, dear, of you,
                   E MajorE
and our bright and happy home so far away
    A augmentedA
And my eyes they fill with tears,
     D MajorD       A augmentedA
'spite of all that I can do,
             E MajorE        A augmentedA
though I try to cheer my comrades and be gay.

A augmentedA
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

The boys are marching;
E MajorE     A augmentedA          E MajorE
cheer up, comrades, they will come.
   A augmentedA
And beneath the starry flag
     D MajorD        A augmentedA
we shall breathe the air again
    D MajorD      E MajorE        A augmentedA
Of the free land in our own beloved home.

A augmentedA
In the battle front we stood,
      D MajorD          A augmentedA
when their fiercest charge they made,
                    E MajorE
and they swept us off a hundred men or more
   A augmentedA
But before we reached their lines,
     D MajorD        A augmentedA
they were beaten back, dismayed,
            E MajorE        A augmentedA
and we heard the cry of vict'ry o'er and o'er.

A augmentedA
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

The boys are marching;
E MajorE     A augmentedA          E MajorE
cheer up, comrades, they will come.
   A augmentedA
And beneath the starry flag
     D MajorD        A augmentedA
we shall breathe the air again
    D MajorD      E MajorE        A augmentedA
Of the free land in our own beloved home.

A augmentedA
So within the prison cell,
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
we are waiting for the day,
                   E MajorE
that shall come to open wide the iron door
    A augmentedA
And the hollow eye grows bright,
    D MajorD         A augmentedA
and the poor heart almost gay,
           E MajorE           A augmentedA
as we think of seeing home and friends once more.

A augmentedA
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!

The boys are marching;
E MajorE     A augmentedA          E MajorE
cheer up, comrades, they will come.
   A augmentedA
And beneath the starry flag
     D MajorD        A augmentedA
we shall breathe the air again
    D MajorD      E MajorE        A augmentedA
Of the free land in our own beloved home.


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