Tom: Em
Em Am Em
I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman
Em B7
Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo
Em Am Em Am
I'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run
Em B7 Em
I'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through
[Verse 1]
Em Am Em
I's with Custer and the 7th in ‘76 or ‘77
Em B7
Scalped at Little Big Horn by the Sioux
Em Am Em Am
And the pain and devastation of a once-proud warrior nation
Em B7 Em
This I know ‘cause I was riding with them too
[Verse 2]
Em Am Em
I drank mare's blood on the run when I rode with the Great Khan
Em B7
On the frozen Mongol steppe while at his height
Em Am Em Am
I's a White Guard, I's a Red Guard, I's the Tsar's own palace horse guard
Em B7 Em
When Romanov was murdered in the night
[Verse 3]
Em Am Em
I knew Salah al-Din and rode his swift Arabians
Em B7
Harassing doomed crusaders on their heavy drafts
Em Am Em Am
And yet I rode the Percheron against the circling Saracen
Em B7 Em
And once again, against myself was cast
[Chorus]
Em Am Em
I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman
Em B7
Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo
Em Am Em Am
I'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run
Em B7 Em
I'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through
[Verse 4]
Em Am Em
Well I've worn the Mounties crimson, if you're silent and you'll listen
Em B7
You'll know that it was with them, that I stood
Em Am Em Am
When Mayerthorpe, she cried, as her four horsemen died
Em B7 Em
Gunned down in scarlet, coldest blood
[Verse 5]
Em Am Em
I's the firstest with the mostest when I fought for Bedford Forrest
Em B7
Suffered General Wilson's Union raid
Em Am Em Am
Mine was not to reason why, mine was but to do and die
Em B7 Em
At Crimea with the charging light brigade
[Verse 6]
Em Am Em
On hire from Swiss or Sweden, be me, Christian, be me heathen
Em B7
The devil to the saber I shall put
Em Am Em Am
With a crack flanking maneuver, I'm an uhlan alles uber
Em B7 Em
Striking terror into regiment of foot
[Chorus]
Em Am Em
I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman
Em B7
Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo
Em Am Em Am
I'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run
Em B7 Em
I'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through
[Verse 7] --Slow Strumming--
Em Am Em
I knew my days were numbered when o’er the trenches lumbered
Em B7
More modern machinations de la guerre
Em Am Em Am
No match for rapid fire or the steel birds of the sky
Em B7 Em
With a final rear guard action I retreat
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Em Am Em Am
No match for tangled wire or the armoured engines whine
Em B7 Em
Reluctant I retire and take my leave
[Verse 8]
N.C. Am Em
Today I ride with special forces on those wily Afghan horses
Em B7
Dostum’s Northern Alliance give their thanks
Em Am Em Am
No matter defeat or victory, in battle it occurs to me
Em B7 Em
That we may see a swelling in our ranks
[Chorus] --Normal Strumming--
Em Am Em
I'm a hussar, I'm a Hun, I'm a wretched Englishman
Em B7
Routing Bonaparte at Waterloo
Em Am Em Am
I'm a dragoon on a dun, I'm a Cossack on the run
Em B7 Em
I'm a horse soldier, timeless, through and through
Em B7 Em
I'm a horse soldier, eternal, through and through
