Shangani Patrol
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
From the album "Troopiesongs" (1976)
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/OMbEreea9Z4
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/4mzoIqRu7D8p4OJ8n944hE?si=d21e1e94901f42d5
[Intro]
| E | A | B7 | E |
| E | A | B7 | E |
[Verse 1]
E A E
His troopers, they were loyal, his troopers, they were young
E B7
They'd follow Allan Wilson to the setting of the sun
E A E
They were hands from many lands, and many a distant shore
E E D E
They would follow Wilson, a soldier to the core
[Chorus]
E E B7
Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side
E E D E
Up the wild Shangani, where Allan Wilson died
[Post-Chorus]
| E | E | E |
[Verse 2]
E A E
The Matabele army was running to the north
E B7
And Major Forbes would follow with for all that he was worth
E A E
But reaching the Shangani, Shangani River wide
E E D E
Sent Wilson and his men to scout over the other side
[Chorus]
E E B7
Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side
E E D E
Up the wild Shangani, where Allan Wilson died
[Post-Chorus]
| E | E | E |
[Verse 3]
E A E
Through green Makone Forest the Matabele fled
E B7
The Yankee tracker Burnham said "They can't be far ahead"
E A E
But Wilson and his troopers were surrounded in the night
E E D E
Said Wilson to the volunteers, "We will stand and fight"
[Chorus]
E E B7
Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side
E E D E
Up the wild Shangani, where Allan Wilson died
[Post-Chorus]
| E | E | E |
[Verse 4]
E A E
With horses in a circle, they sang "God Save the Queen"
E B7
And thirty-four young troopers would never more be seen
E A E
They killed ten times their number; they're on the honour roll
E E D E
So take your hat off slowly to the Shangani Patrol
[Chorus]
E E B7
Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side
E E D E
Up the wild Shangani, where Allan Wilson died
E E B7
Up the wild Shangani, and down the other side
[Outro]
E E D
Up the wild Shangani, where Allan Wilson
E D E D E D
Died
(fading)
How to play Shangani Patrol
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