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Show Of Hands - The Blue Cockade Chords

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The Blue Cockade Chords

(ver. 1)
Show Of Hands
Intro
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D/// Bm/// G/ A/ D///


Verse 1
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D                    Bm
It was on one Monday morning
   G        A            D
As I walked o'er the moss.
                    F#m
I'd little thought of 'listing,
         G               A
'Til the soldiers did me cross.
    D           F#m
The company enticed me
   G                      A
To drink their health all round,
        D      A     G
And the bounty,
         Em    G     A
And the bounty,
     D
They gave me
     G       A            
Five guineas and a crown.


D/// Bm/// G/ A/ D///


Verse 2
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     D                   Bm
Well my head was full of drink, love,
    G        A           D
And I didn't think of you.
                      F#m
And now I'm forced to go and join,
    G              A
The orange and the blues.
    D                 F#m
Our ship she waits at anchor,
   G                A
To take the flowing tide.
        D         A        G
I'll return love (I'll return love),
        Em        G        A
I'll return love (I'll return),
       D
In the springtime,
     G         A      G///
When I'll make you my bride.

Bm/// G/ A/ D///


Verse 3
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D                 Bm
So early the next morning,
   G       A        D
Before the break of day,
                     F#m
The captain gave his orders
    G                 A
And my love marched away.
    D                 F#m
All in your ranks and files boys,
    G              A
All on your native shore.
          D          A         G
Fare thee well love (fare thee well love),
          Em         G         A
Fare thee well love (fare thee well),
          D
Fare thee well love,
           G        A
You're the lad that I adore.

D/// Bm/// G/ A/ D/// 


Verse 4
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D                    Bm
But I hope you never prosper,
      G        A      D
And I hope you always fail.
                  F#m
In everything you venture
  G                 A
I hope you ne'er do well.
        D               F#m
And the very ground you walk upon
        G               A
May the grass refuse to grow,
             D         A            G
Since you've been the (since you've been the),
             Em        G              A
Since you've been the (since you have been)
         D
The very cause of
   G       A         G///
My sorrow, grief and woe.


Instrumental
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G/// Bm/// G/ A/ D/// 
D/// Bm/// G/ A/ D///
D/// F#m/// G/// A///
D/// F#m/// G/ Bm/ A///
D/ A/ G/// Em/ G/ A///
D/// G/ A/ G/// Bm///
G/ A/ D///


Verse 5
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          D [hold]
Well it's true my love has listed
And he wears the blue cockade.
He is a handsome young man,
    G             A
Likewise a roving blade;
   D             F#m
He is a handsome young man,
         G                 A
And he's gone to serve the king,
         D     A        G
While my very (while my very),
          Em    G       A
While my very (while my very)
         D
Heart is aching
    G       A       G///
All for the love of him.

Bm/// 
G/      A/ D///
Farewell
            
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