• Song:

    Recruiting Sargeant

  • Artist:

    Great Big Sea

  • Album:

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Recruiting Sargeant - Great Big Sea
Tabbed by Brian Steels

This is how I play it on my Acoustic. You can play it on electric, but tapping on the 
in the second last chorus wont help.
Also, account for the slight accent on the words. You = Ye. I didn't write it in the 
part but I did in the second because thats how it sounds to me.

Enjoy

G    - 320033
C    - x32010
D    - 000232
Em   - 022000
G/F# - 2x0033

G (palm muted)

Verse 1
G (320003@1)                           C (x32010@1)      EmTwo (022000@1)recruiting Sergeants came to the CLP
        C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)             DFor (xx0232@1)the sons of the merchants to join the Blue Puttees
   C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1)EmSo (022000@1)all hands enlisted, 500 young men
G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GEnlist (320003@1)you Newfoundlanders and come follow me

G (320003@1)Verse 2
G (320003@1)                                    C (x32010@1)         EmThey (022000@1)crossed the broad Atlantic in the brave Florizel,
    C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)       DAnd (xx0232@1)on the sands of Suvla, they entered into hell
C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)   G/F# (320002@1)   EmAnd (022000@1)on those bloody beaches, the first of them fell...
G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)        GEnlist (320003@1)ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me

Chorus

G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1)      EmAnd (022000@1)it's over the mountains and over the sea
     C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)          DCome (xx0232@1)brave Newfoundlanders and join the blue puttees
C (x32010@1)                                 G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1) EmWe'll (022000@1)fight the Hun in Flanders and at Gallipoli
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GEnlist (320003@1)ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me

G (320003@1)Verse 3
G (320003@1)                               C (x32010@1)       EmThe (022000@1)call came from London for the last July drive
         C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)                 D"Tell (xx0232@1)the trenches with the regiments; prepare yourself to die."
C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em
The roll call next morning, just handful survived
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GEnlist (320003@1)ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me

Chorus

G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1)      EmAnd (022000@1)it's over the mountains and over the sea
     C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)          DCome (xx0232@1)brave Newfoundlanders and join the blue puttees
C (x32010@1)                                 G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1) EmWe'll (022000@1)fight the Hun in Flanders and at Gallipoli
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GEnlist (320003@1)ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me

Verse 4
G (320003@1)                                 C (x32010@1)         EmThe (022000@1)stone men on Water Street still cry for the day
         C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)      DWhen (xx0232@1)the pride of the city went marching away
C (x32010@1)                            G (320003@1)      G/F# (320002@1)EmA (022000@1)thousand men slaughtered, to hear the King say
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GEnlist (320003@1)ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me

Chorus

G (320003@1)                             C (x32010@1)      EmSo, (022000@1)it's over the mountains and over the sea
     C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)          DCome (xx0232@1)brave Newfoundlanders and join the blue puttees
C (x32010@1)                                 G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1) EmWe'll (022000@1)fight the Hun in Flanders and at Gallipoli
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GEnlist (320003@1)ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me

Chorus
(Tap on your guitar the beat in this part)

And it's over the mountains and over the sea

Come brave Newfoundlanders and join the blue puttees
C (x32010@1)                                 G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1) EmWe'll (022000@1)fight the Hun in Flanders and at Gallipoli
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GEnlist (320003@1)ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)         GEnlist (320003@1)ye Newfoundlanders and come follow me

Outro
G (320003@1)Finshed!

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