Chords for Troopin'
Tempo:
119.9 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Eb
A
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Trooping, [A] trooping, trooping to the sea Here's September come again and the six year men are free
I'll leave the dead behind us for they cannot come away
To where the ships are calling up the tanks is home today
We're going [Eb] home, we're going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we [Bb] don't come back no [C] more
Oh, don't you grieve for me, my [Bb] lovely [Cm] Marianne
For I'll marry you yet in a fourpenny bit as a [F] time expired [Fm] man
We're going [Ebm] home, we're going [D] home, our ship is [F] at the shore
[Ab] And you must pack your [C] raven sack for we won't [Ebm] come back no more
[C] Oh, don't you grieve for me, my [Bb] lovely Marianne
[Dm] For I'll marry you yet [Eb] in a fourpenny bit [F] as a time expired man
The marl of [Gm] Boston harbour [G] with the [F] jumbo at the tail
And the time [C] expired's waiting, all these [E] orders for to [Eb] sail
[A] [C] All the weary waiting, when on [Eb] Crimea's ills we lay
But the time expired's waiting, all [C] these orders on [F] today
We're going home, we're [B] going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we won't [Eb] come back no more
Oh, [C]
don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Cm] Marianne
[D] For I'll marry you yet in [Eb] a fourpenny bit as [F] a time expired man
They'll turn us out [A] at Fort MacWharf in cold and [F] wet and rain
All [C] wearing inns and cotton kit, but [Am] we will [Eb] not complain
[C] They'll kill us off pneumonia [N] for that's their [C] little way
[A] Put down the [Eb] chills and fevers, [F] men, we're going home today
We're going home, we're going home, our ship [Dm] is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we won't come back no more
Oh, don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Bb] [D] Marianne
For [A] I'll marry you yet in a [Eb] fourpenny [F] bit as a time [Am] expired [F] man
Trooping, [Eb]
trooping, winter's [F] round again
[Ab] See the new draft [Gm] pouring in on for the old [A] campaign
[Cm] Oh, you poor recruiters, but you've got [C] to earn your pay
[D] Oh, what's the last [Eb] from London, lads, [F] we're going there today
We're going [Gm] home, we're going [F] home, our [Gm] ship is [F] at the shore
And [Ab] you must pack your raven sack for we won't come [Eb] back no more
Oh, [C] don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Gm] Marianne
For I'll marry you yet [Eb] in a [F] fourpenny bit as a time expired man
[Eb] Trooping, [Cm] trooping, give [F] another cheer
[C] Here's to English women and [A] a quart of English [Gm] beer
[C] The Colonel and the [A] Regiment and all they've got [Gm] to say
[Dm] God's mercy strike [Eb] them gentle, whoops!
[F] We're going home today
We're going [Cm] home, we're going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And [Cm] you must pack your raven sack for we [N] won't come back no more
Oh, [Cm] don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Bb]
Marianne
[A] For I'll marry you [Eb] yet in a fourpenny [F] bit as a time expired man
For I'll marry you yet [Bb] in a fourpenny [C] bit as a [E] time [Dm] expired man
I'll leave the dead behind us for they cannot come away
To where the ships are calling up the tanks is home today
We're going [Eb] home, we're going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we [Bb] don't come back no [C] more
Oh, don't you grieve for me, my [Bb] lovely [Cm] Marianne
For I'll marry you yet in a fourpenny bit as a [F] time expired [Fm] man
We're going [Ebm] home, we're going [D] home, our ship is [F] at the shore
[Ab] And you must pack your [C] raven sack for we won't [Ebm] come back no more
[C] Oh, don't you grieve for me, my [Bb] lovely Marianne
[Dm] For I'll marry you yet [Eb] in a fourpenny bit [F] as a time expired man
The marl of [Gm] Boston harbour [G] with the [F] jumbo at the tail
And the time [C] expired's waiting, all these [E] orders for to [Eb] sail
[A] [C] All the weary waiting, when on [Eb] Crimea's ills we lay
But the time expired's waiting, all [C] these orders on [F] today
We're going home, we're [B] going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we won't [Eb] come back no more
Oh, [C]
don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Cm] Marianne
[D] For I'll marry you yet in [Eb] a fourpenny bit as [F] a time expired man
They'll turn us out [A] at Fort MacWharf in cold and [F] wet and rain
All [C] wearing inns and cotton kit, but [Am] we will [Eb] not complain
[C] They'll kill us off pneumonia [N] for that's their [C] little way
[A] Put down the [Eb] chills and fevers, [F] men, we're going home today
We're going home, we're going home, our ship [Dm] is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we won't come back no more
Oh, don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Bb] [D] Marianne
For [A] I'll marry you yet in a [Eb] fourpenny [F] bit as a time [Am] expired [F] man
Trooping, [Eb]
trooping, winter's [F] round again
[Ab] See the new draft [Gm] pouring in on for the old [A] campaign
[Cm] Oh, you poor recruiters, but you've got [C] to earn your pay
[D] Oh, what's the last [Eb] from London, lads, [F] we're going there today
We're going [Gm] home, we're going [F] home, our [Gm] ship is [F] at the shore
And [Ab] you must pack your raven sack for we won't come [Eb] back no more
Oh, [C] don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Gm] Marianne
For I'll marry you yet [Eb] in a [F] fourpenny bit as a time expired man
[Eb] Trooping, [Cm] trooping, give [F] another cheer
[C] Here's to English women and [A] a quart of English [Gm] beer
[C] The Colonel and the [A] Regiment and all they've got [Gm] to say
[Dm] God's mercy strike [Eb] them gentle, whoops!
[F] We're going home today
We're going [Cm] home, we're going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And [Cm] you must pack your raven sack for we [N] won't come back no more
Oh, [Cm] don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Bb]
Marianne
[A] For I'll marry you [Eb] yet in a fourpenny [F] bit as a time expired man
For I'll marry you yet [Bb] in a fourpenny [C] bit as a [E] time [Dm] expired man
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_ _ Trooping, _ [A] trooping, trooping to the sea Here's September come again and the six year men are free
I'll leave the dead behind us for they cannot come away
To where the ships are calling up the tanks is home today
We're going [Eb] home, we're going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we [Bb] don't come back no [C] more
Oh, don't you grieve for me, my [Bb] lovely [Cm] Marianne
For I'll marry you yet in a fourpenny bit as a [F] time expired [Fm] man
We're going [Ebm] home, we're going [D] home, our ship is [F] at the shore
[Ab] And you must pack your [C] raven sack for we won't [Ebm] come back no more
[C] Oh, don't you grieve for me, my [Bb] lovely Marianne
[Dm] For I'll marry you yet [Eb] in a fourpenny bit [F] as a time expired man
The marl of [Gm] Boston harbour [G] with the [F] jumbo at the tail
And the time [C] expired's waiting, all these [E] orders for to [Eb] sail
[A] [C] All the weary waiting, when on [Eb] Crimea's ills we lay
But the time expired's waiting, all [C] these orders on [F] today
We're going home, we're [B] going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we won't [Eb] come back no more
Oh, [C]
don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Cm] Marianne
[D] For I'll marry you yet in [Eb] a fourpenny bit as [F] a time expired man
They'll turn us out [A] at Fort MacWharf in cold and [F] wet and rain
All [C] wearing inns and cotton kit, but [Am] we will [Eb] not complain
[C] They'll kill us off pneumonia [N] for that's their [C] little way
[A] Put down the [Eb] chills and fevers, [F] men, we're going home today
We're going home, we're going home, our ship [Dm] is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we won't come back no more
Oh, don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Bb] [D] Marianne
For [A] I'll marry you yet in a [Eb] fourpenny [F] bit as a time [Am] expired [F] _ man
Trooping, [Eb]
trooping, winter's [F] round again
[Ab] See the new draft [Gm] pouring in on for the old [A] campaign
[Cm] Oh, you poor recruiters, but you've got [C] to earn your pay
[D] Oh, what's the last [Eb] from London, lads, [F] we're going there today
We're going [Gm] home, we're going [F] home, our [Gm] ship is [F] at the shore
And [Ab] you must pack your raven sack for we won't come [Eb] back no more
Oh, [C] don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Gm] _ Marianne
For I'll marry you yet [Eb] in a [F] fourpenny bit as a time expired man
_ [Eb] Trooping, [Cm] trooping, give [F] another cheer
[C] Here's to English women and [A] a quart of English [Gm] beer
[C] The Colonel and the [A] Regiment and all they've got [Gm] to say
[Dm] God's mercy strike [Eb] them gentle, whoops!
[F] We're going home today
We're going [Cm] home, we're going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And [Cm] you must pack your raven sack for we [N] won't come back no more
Oh, [Cm] don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Bb]
Marianne
[A] For I'll marry you [Eb] yet in a fourpenny [F] bit as a time expired man
For I'll marry you yet [Bb] in a fourpenny [C] bit as a [E] time [Dm] expired man _ _ _ _
I'll leave the dead behind us for they cannot come away
To where the ships are calling up the tanks is home today
We're going [Eb] home, we're going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we [Bb] don't come back no [C] more
Oh, don't you grieve for me, my [Bb] lovely [Cm] Marianne
For I'll marry you yet in a fourpenny bit as a [F] time expired [Fm] man
We're going [Ebm] home, we're going [D] home, our ship is [F] at the shore
[Ab] And you must pack your [C] raven sack for we won't [Ebm] come back no more
[C] Oh, don't you grieve for me, my [Bb] lovely Marianne
[Dm] For I'll marry you yet [Eb] in a fourpenny bit [F] as a time expired man
The marl of [Gm] Boston harbour [G] with the [F] jumbo at the tail
And the time [C] expired's waiting, all these [E] orders for to [Eb] sail
[A] [C] All the weary waiting, when on [Eb] Crimea's ills we lay
But the time expired's waiting, all [C] these orders on [F] today
We're going home, we're [B] going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we won't [Eb] come back no more
Oh, [C]
don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Cm] Marianne
[D] For I'll marry you yet in [Eb] a fourpenny bit as [F] a time expired man
They'll turn us out [A] at Fort MacWharf in cold and [F] wet and rain
All [C] wearing inns and cotton kit, but [Am] we will [Eb] not complain
[C] They'll kill us off pneumonia [N] for that's their [C] little way
[A] Put down the [Eb] chills and fevers, [F] men, we're going home today
We're going home, we're going home, our ship [Dm] is at the shore
And you [C] must pack your raven sack for we won't come back no more
Oh, don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Bb] [D] Marianne
For [A] I'll marry you yet in a [Eb] fourpenny [F] bit as a time [Am] expired [F] _ man
Trooping, [Eb]
trooping, winter's [F] round again
[Ab] See the new draft [Gm] pouring in on for the old [A] campaign
[Cm] Oh, you poor recruiters, but you've got [C] to earn your pay
[D] Oh, what's the last [Eb] from London, lads, [F] we're going there today
We're going [Gm] home, we're going [F] home, our [Gm] ship is [F] at the shore
And [Ab] you must pack your raven sack for we won't come [Eb] back no more
Oh, [C] don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Gm] _ Marianne
For I'll marry you yet [Eb] in a [F] fourpenny bit as a time expired man
_ [Eb] Trooping, [Cm] trooping, give [F] another cheer
[C] Here's to English women and [A] a quart of English [Gm] beer
[C] The Colonel and the [A] Regiment and all they've got [Gm] to say
[Dm] God's mercy strike [Eb] them gentle, whoops!
[F] We're going home today
We're going [Cm] home, we're going home, our [F] ship is at the shore
And [Cm] you must pack your raven sack for we [N] won't come back no more
Oh, [Cm] don't you grieve for me, my lovely [Bb]
Marianne
[A] For I'll marry you [Eb] yet in a fourpenny [F] bit as a time expired man
For I'll marry you yet [Bb] in a fourpenny [C] bit as a [E] time [Dm] expired man _ _ _ _