Show of Hands - The Blue Cockade
--------------------------------
Standard tuning, no capo.
One of my absolute favourite Show of Hands tracks. Sounds great with fingerpicking or strumming.
Try switching out A for A7: either sounds good to me. Most importantly, enjoy! - Ashpolt
Intro
-----
D/// Bm/// G/ A/ D///
Verse 1
-------
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
-------
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
-------
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
-------
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
-----------
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
-------
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
