Jona Lewie-Can You Stop The Cavalry - BPM - 97
[Intro - Just bass drum]A E (x2)
[Verse]
[A] Hey, Mr. Churchill, [E] comes ...over here, to
[A] say we're doing spl [E] endidly.
[A] But it's very cold, [E] out here in the snow,
[A] marching to and from the [E] enemy.
[A] Oh, I say it's tough; [E] I have had enough,
[A] can you stop the [E] caval- [A] ry?
[Interlude 1 - Use A up neck then E7 high up - Full drums]
A E7 - A E - A E7 - A E - A E7 - (A E) A
A E7
E -12-12-10-9--10-9--7----
B -10----------9----------
G -9-----------9----------
D -x-----------9----------
A -0-----------7----------
E ------------------------
[Verse]
[A] I have had to fight, [E] almost every night,
[A] down throughout these [E] centuries.
[A] That is when I say, [E] oh yes, yet again;
[A] can you stop the [E] caval- [A] ry?
[Chorus]
[E] Mary Bradley, [A] waits at home,
[E] in the nuclear [A] fallout zone.
[E] Wish I could be [A] dancing now,
[E] in the arms of the [A] girl I love.
[Break - Just bass drum and can sing up an octave]
[E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum,
Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum.
[E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum,
Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum.
[G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Interlude 2 - Bells bit - Slide D triad up and down the neck]
A D A A, A D A A, A D A D , A D A A
A A D A
E --9-7-9-------9--2--9-----
B ------10-12---10-3--10-----
G ------9-------9--2--9----
D ------x-------x--0--x-----
A ------0-------0--x--0-----
E --------------------------
[Verse]
[A] Bang goes another bomb, [E] on another town,
[A] while the Tzar and [E] Jim have tea.
[A] If I get home, [E] live to tell the tale,
[A] I'll run for all [E] Presidencies.
If [A] I get elected, [E] I'll stop;
[A] I will stop the [E] caval- [A] ry.
[Interlude 1 - Use A up neck then E7 high up]
A E7 - A E - A E7 - A E - A E7 - (A E) A
[Break - Just bass drum and can sing up an octave]
[E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum,
Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum.
[E] Dub-i-dub-i-dum-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum,
Dub-i- [A] dum-dum-dub-i-dum, dub-i-dub-i-dum.
[G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Chorus - Full drums]
[E] Wish I could be [A] dancing now,
[E] in the arms of the [A] girl I love.
[E] Mary Bradley [A] waits at home,
[E] she's been waiting [A] two years long.
[G] Wish I was at home for [D] Christmas.
[Interlude 2 - Bells bit - Slide D triad up and down the neck]
A D A A, A D A A, A D A D , - slow down and chords down neck
A D A A (577655)
A A D A
E --9-7-9-------9--2--9-----
B ------10-12---10-3--10-----
G ------9-------9--2--9----
D ------x-------x--0--x-----
A ------0-------0--x--0-----
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