Recruiting Sargeant
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Afinação: D A D G A DTecla: GCapotraste:
5th traste
"Recruiting Sergeant"(B.Hallett, based on trad "Twa Recruiting Sergeants")
From "Play" (1997)
DADGAD tuning. Capo 5 for Séan's voice on album, capo 3 for
live versions sung by Bob.
DADGAD
D: 000200
C/D: 050500
G/B: 050400
G: 550400
A: 002200
Bm: 024400
D/F#: 004200
D/C#: 040200
Dsus4: 000000
Shapes for full riff:
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A-0-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-|
G-2-4-5-4-7-4-2-0-2-|
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-0-0-|
D-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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[Intro]
D G/B C/D G/B Dsus4 D x2
[Verse]
D A Bm
Two recruiting sergeants came to the C.L.B.,
G D D/F# A
for the sons of the merchants, to join the Blue Puttees.
G D D/C# Bm
So, all hands enlisted, five hundred young men,
D G A D
enlist you Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.
[Intro]
D G/B C/D G/B Dsus4 D x1
[Verse]
D A Bm
They crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel,
G D D/F# A
on the sands of Suvla, they entered into Hell.
G D D/C# Bm
And on those bloody beaches, the first of them fell,
D G A D
enlist you Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.
[Chorus]
A D A Bm
And it's over the mountains and over the seas,
G D A
come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue Puttees,
G D D/C# Bm
you'll fight the Hun in Flanders, and at Gallipolli,
D G A D
enlist ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.
[Intro]
D G/B C/D G/B Dsus4 D x1
[Verse]
D A Bm
The call came from London for the last July drive,
G D D/F# A
tell the trenches with the regiment, "Prepare yourselves to die".
G D D/C# Bm
The roll-call next morning, just a handful survived...
D G A D
enlist you Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.
[Chorus]
A D A Bm
And it's over the mountains and over the seas,
G D A
come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue Puttees,
G D D/C# Bm
you'll fight the Hun in Flanders, and at Gallipolli,
D G A D
enlist ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.
[Intro]
D G/B C/D G/B Dsus4 D x2
[Verse]
D A Bm
The stone men on Water Street still cry for the day,
G D D/F# A
the pride of this city went marching away.
G D D/C# Bm
A thousand men slaughtered, to hear the King say:
D G A D
"Enlist you Newfoundlanders, and come follow me!"
[Chorus]
A D A Bm
So it's over the mountains and over the seas,
G D A
ya brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue Puttees,
G D D/C# Bm
you'll fight the Hun in Flanders, and at Gallipolli,
D G A D
enlist ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.
N.C.
So it's over the mountains and over the seas,
G D A
come brave Newfoundlanders and join the Blue Puttees,
G D D/C# Bm
you'll fight the Hun in Flanders, and at Gallipolli,
D G A D
enlist ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me,
D G A D
enlist ye Newfoundlanders, and come follow me.
[Outro]
D G/B C/D G/B Dsus4 D
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