Misc Traditional – 700 Glengarried Men (Guitar)

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[Intro] D5 Dsus D Dsus2 C D (x 2) [Verse 1]
D                    C              D           C            D
In the heat and the sand, houses burnt out of hand, you will see them

                   C              D          C              D
In a town once a mire, ruled by violence and fire, you will see them

C                     D                     C                  A
Out of the North, the law of the Scot, who decides what is and what is not
[Chorus]
D               G              A                           D
700 Glengarried men, heard the cry coming ringing down the glen

G                                 D            Bm
Oh, dinnae mind the sand, tak yer rifle in yer hand

   Em           A      D
The Argylls are moving again
D5 Dsus D Dsus2 C [Verse 2]
D                 C             D        C              D
Amid sandbags and wire, hit by terrorist fire, you will see them

                   C              D                C             D
With a bayonet and gun in streets scortched by the sun, you will see them

         C                           D
From the town of Crater is heard the cry

          C                                 A
You must learn to live in peace or learn to die
[Chorus]
D               G              A                           D
700 Glengarried men, heard the cry coming ringing down the glen

G                                 D            Bm
Oh, dinnae mind the sand, tak yer rifle in yer hand

   Em           A      D
The Argylls are moving again
D5 Dsus D Dsus2 C [Verse 3]
D                      C       D               C               D
We will not forget our loss, 5 men beneath the cross, you will see them

                        C            D             C             D
For although they might die, ours is not to reason why, you will see them

        C                           D
In this fight there is no glory and death comes by the rules

    C                                 A
The lives of Highland soldiers in the hands of English fools
[Chorus]
D               G              A                           D
700 Glengarried men, heard the cry coming ringing down the glen

G                                 D            Bm
Oh, dinnae mind the sand, tak yer rifle in yer hand

   Em           A      D
The Argylls are moving again
D5 Dsus D Dsus2 C [Verse 4]
D                       C              D         C                   D
Though to Aden goes our song, from the Arctic to Hong Kong, you will see them

                    C            D                C               D
In a jungle hill or town against yellow, white or brown, you will see them

C                            D
This is but a chapter in our bloody history

C                              A
fighting for our future and to keep our country free
[Chorus]
D               G              A                           D
700 Glengarried men, heard the cry coming ringing down the glen

G                                 D            Bm
Oh, dinnae mind the sand, tak yer rifle in yer hand

   Em           A      D
The Argylls are moving again
D5 Dsus D Dsus2 C D