STOP THE CAVALRY Jona Lewie
2/4 | C / | G / | C / | G / |
C G C G
||: Hey^Mister Churchill | comes over^here | to^say we're^doing | splendid ^ly ~ |
||: Bang^goes another^bomb | on another^town | while Hussar^and=Jim | have ^tea ~ |
C G C G
| But^its very^cold | out^here in=the^snow | Marching to=and=from=the | ene ^my ~ |
| If^I get^home | live^to tell=the^tale | I'll^run for=all^presi | den ^cies ~ |
C G C G C
1. | Oh^I say=its^tough | I^have had^enough | Can=you=stop=the Caval | ry / | // |
C G C G C G C G C G C G7 C
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C G7 C G
| I^have had=to^fight | almost every^night | down^through out^the | centu ^ries ~ |
C G7 C G C
| That^is when=I^say | oh^yes yet^again | Can=you=stop=the Caval | ry / | // |
G C G C
| Mary proudly | waits^at home | in^the nuclear | fallout ^zone ~ |
G C G C
| Wish^I could^be | dancing now | in^the arms^of=the | girl^I love.| ee / | // | // |
G
| Dubba^dubba dum^dum | Dubba^dubba dum^Dubba |
C
| dum^dum dubba^dum | Dubba^dubba ^dum ~ | x2
Bb F C F C F C F C F C F C
| Wish=I=was=at home.| ee for | Christmas ss.| ss / | // | // | // | // | // | / / | / / | // :||
C G C G C
2. | If^I get^e | lected I'll^stop | I=will=stop=the Caval | ry / | // |
C G C G C G C G C G C G7 C
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Repeat CHORUS
Bb C G C
| Wish=I=was=at home.| ee for | Christmas ss.| ss / | Wish^I could^be | dancing now |
G C G C
| in^the arms^of=the | girl^I ^love ~ | Mary proudly | waits^at home |
G C
| She's^been waiting | two^years long.| gg / | // | // |
Bb F C F C F C F C F C G7 C
| Wish=I=was=at home.| ee for | Christmas ss.| ss / | // | // | // | // | // | // | // | / / | // ||
About this song:
Stop The Cavalry is performed by Jona Lewie.
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