The Old Soldiers Of The King Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Since you all will have singing,
and won't be said [A]nay,
I [D]cannot refuse when you
beg and [A]you pray.
So I'll [D]sing you a song,
as a poet might [G]say,
Of King [D]George's old soldiers,
who ne 'er [A]run away.
[D]We're the old soldiers of [G]the Kin[Em]g,
and the [D]King's own [A]reg[G] u [A]lar[D]s.
At Preston Pond we met with the
Yankees [A]one day,
[D]We got ourself up in our finest parray.
[A]Our hea[D]rts bid us stand,
our heads bid us stay,
[G]But our leg[D]s were strong -minded
and [A]took us our [D]way.
We're the Old Soldiers [G]of the King
and the [D]Kings of [A]Regu[D]lars.
To Monongahela with
fights and [A]with drums
We [D]marched on our way
with our cannons and bomb[A]s
This [D]great expedition cost infinite [G]sums
But some [D]underpaid doodles
they cut [A]us to crumb[D]s
We're the old soldiers [G]of the [Em]King
and the [D]Kings of [A]Regulars
[D]They fought so unfairly
from back of the trees
[A]If they'd onl[D]y fought open
we'd have beat them with [A]ease
They [D]can battle each other
that way if they [G]please
But [D]we don't have to stand
for such [A]tactics as [D]these
We're the old soldiers [G]of the [Em]king
and the [D]king's own [A]regu[D]lars
We turned and we ran,
but that shouldn't [A]disgrace us
[D]We did it to prove
that the foe could [A]not face us
And [D]they've not to brag of,
be sure that's [G]the case
Though we [D]lost in the fight,
we came [A]first in the [D]race
We'll be our soldiers [G]of the king
And [D]the king's own [A]reg[Em]u la[A]rs[Em]
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