Corb Lund – Horse Soldier Horse Soldier (Guitar)
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[Chorus]
Em Am Em I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman Em B7 Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo Em Am Em Am I'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run Em B7 Em I'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through
[Verse 1]
Em Am Em Well, I's with Custer and the 7th in ‘76 or ‘77 Em B7 Scalped at Little Big Horn by the Sioux Em Am Em Am And the tears and devastation of a once-proud warrior nation Em B7 Em This I know ‘cause I was riding with them too
[Verse 2]
Em Am Em And I drank mare's blood on the run when I rode with the Great Khan Em B7 On the frozen Mongol steppe while at his height Em Am Em Am And I's a White Guard, I's a Red Guard, I's the Tsar's own palace horse guard Em B7 Em When Romanov was murdered in the night
[Verse 3]
Em Am Em And I knew Salah al-Din and rode his swift Arabians Em B7 Harassing doomed crusaders on their heavy drafts Em Am Em Am And yet I rode the Percheron against the circling Saracen Em B7 Em And once again, against myself was cast
[Chorus]
Em Am Em Well, I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman Em B7 Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo Em Am Em Am I'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run Em B7 Em I'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through
[Verse 4]
Em Am Em Well, I've worn the Mounties crimson, if you're silent and you'll listen Em B7 You'll know that it was with them, that I stood Em Am Em Am When Mayerthorpe, she cried, as her four horsemen died Em B7 Em Gunned down in scarlet, coldest blood
[Verse 5]
Em Am Em Well, I's the firstest with the mostest when I fought for Bedford Forrest Em B7 Suffered General Wilson's Union raid Em Am Em Am And mine was not to reason why, mine was but to do or die Em B7 Em At Crimea with the charging light brigade
[Verse 6]
Em Am Em On hire from Swiss or Sweden, be me Christian, be me heathen Em B7 The devil to the saber I shall put Em Am Em Am With a crack flanking maneuver, I'm an uhlan alles uber Em B7 Em Striking terror into regiment of foot
[Chorus]
Em Am Em Well, I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman Em B7 Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo Em Am Em Am I'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run Em B7 Em I'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through
[Verse 7] --Slow Strumming--
Em Am Em Well, I knew my days were numbered when o’er the trenches lumbered Em B7 More modern machinations de la guerre Em Am Em Am No match for rapid fire or the steel birds of the sky Em B7 Em With a final rear guard action I retreat
---Strum Once--
Em Am Em Am No match for barbed wire or the armoured engines whine Em B7 Em Reluctant I retire and take my leave
[Verse 8]
N.C. Am Em Today I ride with special forces on those wily Afghan horses Em B7 Dostum’s Northern Alliance give their thanks Em Am Em Am And no matter defeat or victory, in battle it occurs to me Em B7 Em That we may see a swelling in our ranks
[Chorus] --Normal Strumming--
Em Am Em Well, I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman Em B7 Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo Em Am Em Am I'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run Em B7 Em I'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through Em B7 Em I'm a horse soldier, eternal, through and through