{t:I Wanna Be In The Cavalry} {st:Corb Lund} {c:1, 2 / 1, 2 /} {c:Need chunkers to mimic drum through 1st and a capella verse} {c:INTRO:} *{c:| / [X] / [X] / [X] / [X] /} *{c:| [G]↓ [X] / [X] / [X] / [X] /} Well [G]↓ I wanna be in the [G]↓ cavalry If they [C]↓ send me off to [Em]↓ war [C]↓ I wanna good steed [G]↓ under me Like my [G]↓ forefathers be-[D]↓fore I [G]↓ wanna good mount when the [G]↓ bugles sound And I [C]↓ hear the cannons [Em]↓ roar Well [C]↓ I wanna be in the [G]↓ cavalry If they [D]↓ send me off to [G]↓ war Well [G]I wanna horse in the volunteer force That's [C]riding forth at [Em]dawn Please [C]save for me some [G]gallantry That will [G]echo when I'm [D]gone I [G]beg of you Sarge let me lead the charge When the [C]battle lines are [Em]drawn [C]Lemme at least leave a [G]good hoof beat They'll re-[D]member loud and [G]long Well [G]I'd not a good foot soldier make I'd be [C]sour and slow at [Em]march And [C]I'd be sick on a [G]navy ship And the [G]sea would leave me [D]parched But I'll be [G]first in line if they'll let me ride By [C]god, you'll see my [Em]starch Lope [C]back o'er the heath with the [G]laurel wreath Under-[D]neath that vict’ry [G]arch {c:CHORUS:} {soc} Well [G]I wanna be in the cavalry If they [C]send me off to [Em]war Well [C]I wanna good steed [G]under me Like my [G]forefathers be-[D]fore I [G]wanna good mount when the bugles sound And I [C]hear the cannons [Em]roar Well [C]I wanna be in the [G]cavalry If they [D]send me off to [G]war {eoc} {c:INSTRUMENTAL: } 󴈿:Well [G]I wanna be in the cavalry 󴈿:If they [C]send me off to [Em]war 󴈿:Well [C]I wanna good steed [G]under me 󴈿:Like my [G]forefathers be-[D]fore 󴈿:I [G]wanna good mount when the bugles sound 󴈿:And I [C]hear the cannons [Em]roar 󴈿:Well [C]I wanna be in the [G]cavalry 󴈿:If they [D]send me off to [G]war Well let me [G]earn my spurs in the battle's blur When the [C]day is lost or [Em]won I'll [C]wield my lance as the [G]ponies dance And the [G]blackguards fire their [D]guns A [G]sabre keen and a saddle carbine And an [C]army Reming-[Em]ton Where the [C]hot lead screams with the [G]cold, cold steel Let me [D]be a cav’lry-[G]man {c:CHORUS:} {soc} Well [G]I wanna be in the cavalry If they [C]send me off to [Em]war And [C]I wanna good steed [G]under me Like my [G]forefathers be-[D]fore I [G]wanna good mount when the bugles sound And I [C]hear the cannons [Em]roar Well [C]I wanna be in the [G]cavalry If I [D]must go off to [G]war {eoc} {c:INSTRUMENTAL: } 󴈿:Well [G]I wanna be in the cavalry 󴈿:If they [C]send me off to [Em]war 󴈿:Well I [C]wanna good steed [G]under me 󴈿:Like my [G]forefathers be-[D]fore 󴈿:I [G]wanna good mount when the bugles sound 󴈿:And I [C]hear the cannons [Em]roar 󴈿:Well [C]I wanna be in the [G]cavalry 󴈿:If they [D]send me off to [G]war {c:A cappella VERSE: (chunk throughout verse starting at X)} Let 'em [X]play their flutes and stirrup my boots And place them back to front Cause I won’t be back on the riderless black And I'm finished in my hunt Well I wanna be in the cavalry If they send me off to war Well I wanna be in the cavalry {c:slower...} But I won't ride home no more {c:INSTRUMENTAL: (slowly...)} 󴈿:[G]I wanna be in the cavalry 󴈿:If they [C]send me off to [Em]war 󴈿:Well, [C]I wanna be in the [G]cavalry, 󴈿:But I [D]won't ride home no [G]↓ more {t:I Wanna Be In The Cavalry} #~~~ChordPro Version UPDATED Nov 01, 2015 CEL~~~