I Wanna Be In The Cavalry

G C Em I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war C G D I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before G C Em I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar C G D G I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war G C Em Well, I wanna horse in the volunteer force that's riding forth at dawn C G D Please save for me some gallantry that will echo when I'm gone G C Em I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn C G D G Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long G C Em Well, I’d not a good foot soldier make, I'd be sour and slow at march C G D And I'd be sick on a navy ship, and the sea would leave me parched G C Em But I'll be first in line if they'll let me ride, by god, you'll see my starch C G D G Lope back o'er the heath with the laurel wreath underneath that vict’ry arch G C Em I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war C G D I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before G C Em I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar C G D G I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war G C Em Let me earn my spurs in the battle's blur where the day is lost or won C G D I'll wield my lance as the ponies dance and the blackguards fire their guns G C Em A sabre keen, and a saddle carbine and an army Remington C G D G Where the hot lead screams with the cold, cold steel let me be a cav’lryman G C Em I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war C G D I wanna good steed under me like my forefathers before G C Em I wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I hear the cannons' roar C G D G I wanna be in the cavalry if I must go off to war G C Em Let 'em play their flutes and stirrup my boots and place them back to front C G D Cause I won’t be back on the rider-less black and I'm finished in my hunt G C Em I wanna be in the cavalry if they send me off to war C G D G I wanna be in the cavalry, but I won't ride home no more