The Dubliners – Peat Bog Soldiers (Guitar)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
Em
Far and wide as the eye can wander,

Am        Em      D     Em
Heath and bog are every where.

G
Not a bird sings out to cheer us.

A    Em           D         Em
Oaks are standing gaunt and bare.
[Chorus]
D  G                D
We are the peat bog soldiers,

Em                D             Em
Marching with our spades to the moor.

D  G                D
We are the peat bog soldiers,

Em                D             Em
Marching with our spades to the moor.
[Verse 2]
Em
Up and down the guards are marching,

Am      Em     D       Em
No one, no one can get through.

G
Flight would mean a sure death facing,

Am       Em     D              Em
Guns and barbed wire block our view.
[Chorus]
D  G                D
We are the peat bog soldiers,

Em                D             Em
Marching with our spades to the moor.

D  G                D
We are the peat bog soldiers,

Em                D             Em
Marching with our spades to the moor.
[Verse 3]
Em
But for us there is no complaining,

Am     Em      D       Em
Winter will in time be past.

G
One day we shall rise rejoicing.

Am        Em           D       Em
Homeland, dear, you're mine at last.
[Chorus]
D    G                D
Then will the peatbog soldiers

Em                        D            Em
March no more with their spades to the moor.

D    G                D
Then will the peatbog soldiers

Em                        D            Em
March no more with their spades to the moor.