Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier Chords by Corb Lund

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I'm a hussar, I'm a hunt, [Am] I'm a wretched [Em]
Englishman
_ Riding upon a part at [B] Waterloo
I'm [Em] a dragon on a [Am] dun, [E] I'm a Cossack [Am] on the run
[Em] I'm a horse soldier, [B]
timeless through [Em] and through _ _ _
Well, I was with Custer and the Seven, [D] 76 or [Em] 77
_ Scalped that little bighorn by [B] the suit
And [E] the tears [Em] and [Am] devastation [E] of a once proud [A] warrior nation
This [Em] I know, cause I [B] was riding with [Em] them too
And [E] I drank mare's blood on the run when [D] I rode with the [Em] great Khan
On the frozen Mongol steppe while at [B] his height _
And I [Em] was a white guard, I [A] was a red guard
I [E] was the Tsar's own [A] palace horse guard
[Em] When Romanov [B] was murdered [Em] in the night _ _
And I knew Saladin and [D] Rhodes, swift [Em] Arabians
Harassing doomed crusaders on their [B] heavy drafts
[Em] And yet I [Am] rode the Persia [Em] on against the [A] circling [Em] Sarasota
Once again [B] against my [E] selfless caste
Well, I'm a hussar, I'm a [A] hunt, I'm a wretched [E]
Englishman
Riding upon a [A] part at [B] Waterloo _ _
[E] I'm a dragon [A] on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run
[E] I'm a horse [B] soldier, timeless through [Em] and through _
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_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _
Well, I've warned the Maldives crimson
If you're silent and you'll listen
You'll know that it was with them that I stood _
When Mare Thorpe, she cried as her four horsemen died
Gunned down in scarlet, coldest [B] blood
[E] Well, I was the firstest with the mostest
[A#] When I fought for [E] Bedford Forest
[C] Suffered General [E] Wilson's [B] Union raid
[Em] And mine was not the [Am] reason why
Mine [Em] was but to [Am] do or die [Em] at Crimea
[B] With the charging [Em] light brigade _
_ _ _ _ [E] On high from Swiss or Sweden
[A] Be me Christian, [Em] be me heathen
The devil to the saber I [B] shall put
_ _ [Em] With a crack [Am] flanking maneuver
[E] I'm a [Em] new land [A] on a super [Em] striking terror
Into a regiment of foot
[E] Well, I'm a hussar, I'm a [A] hunt, I'm a wretched [E] Englishman
Riding upon a part at [B] Waterloo
_ _ [Em] I'm a dragon [A] on a dung
I'm a Cossack on the run
[E] I'm a horse [B] soldier, timeless [E] through and through
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_ _ [E] _ Well, I knew my days were numbered
[A] When all the trenches [E] lumbered
More modern machinations till [B] I get _ _ _
[E] No match for rapid [Am] fire or [E] the steel birds [A] of the sky
With [E] a final [B] rearguard action [E] I retreat
[Em] _ _ _ No match for barbed [Am] wire [Em] or the armored [Am] engines whine
[Em] Reluctant I [B] retire [Em] and take my leave _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] Today I ride with special forces
[Am] On those wily [Em] Afghan horses
The stones know that lions give their [B] thanks
_ [Em] And no matter [Am] defeat or victory in [E] battle
It [Am] occurs to me [Em] that we may see [B] a swelling in [E] our ranks
Well, I'm a hussar, I'm a hunt, [A] I'm a wretched [E] _ Englishman
Riding upon a [A] part at [B] Waterloo
_ [E] I'm a dragon [A] on a dung
[E] I'm a Cossack [Am] on the run
[Em] I'm a horse soldier, [B] timeless [E] through and through
I'm a horse soldier, [B] eternal
[E] I've _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ left the office at the [A] sheeples' in the well-spoiled [Em] valley
And the Polish Lancer charging [B] to the tank
Saw [E] a rocket mount [Am] shot down
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