Bonaparte's Retreat Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Met the girl I love in a town
way down in Dixie
Beneath the stars up above
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see

[Verse 2]
So I held her [C]in my arms [G]and told
her of her many charms, [C]I
Kissed her while the guitars played
The [G]Bonaparte's Retreat
[C]Guitar

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
All the [C]world was bright as I
held her on that night
And I heard her say
Please don't you go away

[Verse 4]
So I held her [C]in my arms [G]and told
her of her many charms, I
[C]Kissed her while the bagpipe played
The [G]Bonaparte's Re[C]treat
[G]Bagpipe
[C]

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 5]
Well I met the [C]girl I I
love in a town way down in Dixie
Beneath the stars up above
She was the sweetest girl I ever did see

[Verse 6]
So I held her [C]in my [G]arms and told
her of her many charms, I
[C]Kissed her while the fiddles
played
[G]The Bonaparte's Re[C]treat

[Interlude 3]
Fiddle
[C][G][C][G][C]

[Verse 7]
All the [C]world was bright as I
held her on that night
And I heard her say
Please don't you go away

[Verse 8]
So I held her [C]in my arms [G]and told
her of her many charms, [C]I
Kissed her while everybody [G]played
[C]The Bon[G]aparte's Retre[C]at
[G]Every[C]body

[Interlude 4]
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 9]
[C]Yes I held her in my arms and [G]told
her of her many charms, I
[C]Kissed her while everybody's playin'
The [G]Bonaparte's Retreat
[C]

[Verse 10]
Yes I held her in my arms,
[G]I told her of her many charms, and I[C]
Kissed her while everybody's playin'