Bugles in the afternoon chords and lyrics - LEE HAZLEWOOD

Lời & hợp âm

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
A [C]daring young corporal
loved sweet Polly and
Polly was promised to the captain [Am]man
To the captain [C]man
The corporal say "Polly,
kiss me tenderly"
Polly say to the corporal "I hope
the captain don't catch [Am]me
I hope he don't catch me"
[C]

[Verse 2]
And [F]the captain marched his [C]soldiers
And [F]the soldiers sang [C]a tune
And [F]the corporal courted [C]Polly
And the [F]bugles [G]played in the [Am]after[C]noon

[Interlude 1]
[C]

[Verse 3]
The [C]captain say "I don't
think Polly's love is true
He say "come here corporal,
I wanna talk to [Am]you
I wanna talk to [C]you
There's trouble with the Indians,
you ride out and see
And if there's less than fifty,
don't you bother [Am]me
Don't you bother me"
[C]

[Verse 4]
And [F]the captain marched his [C]soldiers
And [F]the soldiers sang a tun[C]e
And the [F]corporal rode [C]away
And [F]the bugles [G]played in the [Am]afternoon
[C]

[Verse 5]
Next [C]morning they found the corporal
lying there on the ground
Forty six dead Indians lying
there all [Am]around
Lying all [C]around
The captain said "The corporal was so brave,
you see
There wasn't fifty Indians so
he didn't bother [Am]me
He didn't bother me"
[C]

[Verse 6]
And [F]the captain marched his [C]soldiers
And [F]the soldiers sang [C]a tune
And [F]Polly cried for the [C]corporal
And the [F]bugles [G]played in the after[Am]noon

[Outro 1]
[C]