Bonapartes Retreat
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: EbCapotraste:
1st traste
BONAPARTE'S RETREAT
As recorded by Van Morrison
(From the 2023 Album ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE)
Capo 1st fret.
If you don't want to use a capo transpose +1 step.
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D
Met the girl I love in a town way down in Dixie
D
Beneath the stars up above
D
She was the sweetest thing I ever did meet
[Chorus]
A
Took her in my arms and told her of her many charms
D
I kissed her while the big band played
A D
Bonaparte's Retreat
[Verse 2]
D
All the world was bright as I held her on that night
D
And I heard her say
N.C.
Please don't go away
[Chorus]
D A
And then I took her in my arms and told her of her many charms
D
And kissed her while the big band played
A D
Bonaparte's Retreat
[Piano Solo]
D A D A D
[Chorus]
D A
Then I took her in my arms and told her of her many charms
D
And kissed her while the big band played
A D
Bonaparte's Retreat
[Verse 2]
D
All the world was bright as I held her on that night
D
And I heard her say
N.C.
Please don't go away
[Chorus]
D A
And then I took her in my arms and told her of her many charms
D
And kissed her while the big band played
A D
Bonaparte's Retreat
A
And then I took her in my arms and told her of her many charms
D
And kissed her while the big band played
A D
Bonaparte's Retreat
[Outro]
A D
Bonaparte's Retreat
A D
Bonaparte's Retreat
A D
Bonaparte's Retreat
E A D G D N.C. D
The Bonaparte's Retreat
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