Steve Earle – Mercenary Song (Guitar)

Capo 2 Video Lesson
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[Verse]
G
Me and old Bill there we both come from Georgia

                D         G
Met Hank out in New Mexico

      G
We're bound for Durango to join Pancho Villa

                  D         G
We hear that he's paying in gold

G
I guess a man's got to do what he's best at

                    D         G
Ain't found nothing better so far

     G
Been called mercenaries and men with no country

                 D           G
Just soldiers in search of a war
[Chorus]
      C
We're bound for the border

      G
We're soldiers of fortune

      D
We'll fight for no country

          G
But we'll die for good pay

C                     G
Under the flag of the greenback dollar

                 D      G
Or the peso down Mexico way
[Instrumental] | G | G | D | G | | G | G | D | G | | C | G | D | G | [Verse]
G
When this war is over, I might go back to Georgia

                D         G
And settle down quiet somewhere

     G
I'll most likely pack up and head south for Chile

                        D            G
Heard tell there's some trouble down there
[Chorus]
      C
We're bound for the border

      G
We're soldiers of fortune

      D
We'll fight for no country

          G
But we'll die for good pay

C                     G
Under the flag of the greenback dollar

                 D      G
Or the peso down Mexico way

      C
We're bound for the border

      G
We're soldiers of fortune

      D
We'll fight for no country

          G
But we'll die for good pay

C                     G
Under the flag of the greenback dollar

                 D      G
Or the peso down Mexico way
[Outro]
      C
We're bound for the border

      G
We're soldiers of fortune

      D
We'll fight for no country

          G
But we'll die for good pay

C                     G
Under the flag of the greenback dollar

                 D      G
Or the peso down Mexico way (Fade out)