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      D       C          A       F      D

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D    C                                    D     - D    C                                     D

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G   F                                     G     - D    C                                     D

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1. Always onward rode the six hundred.

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    Down the valley on their horses they thundered.

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    Ah, but once they're down they really blundered.

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    Uh huh, it was the Manfreds !                +  A - G - D - A

 

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             D

2. The soldiers waited at the gate for weeks.

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    And onward on horses to the city they sneaked.

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    Pulled out and then, was it the Greeks ?

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    Uh huh, it was the Manfreds !               +  A - G - D - A

 

D    C                                    D     - D    C                                     D

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    Uh huh, it was the Manfreds !               +  A - G - D - A

 

      D       C          A       F      D     - CD

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D    C                                    D     - D    C                                     D

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D    C                                    D     - D    C                                     D

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D    C                                    D     - D    C                                     D

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G   F                                     G     - D    C                                     D

    Five - four - three - two - one !        Five - four - three - two - one !

 

                                           D       C          A       F      D    - CD

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(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Manfred Mann)