################################################################ # The following is the author's own interpretation of the song # # to be used for studying or private use only. Downloaded from # # www.TabGuitarLessons.com. FREE GUITAR SOFTWARE + LOTS MORE! # # Home of the 60 minute fretboard memory technique. You'll # # memorise ALL the notes and positions on the fretboard in 60 # # minutes or less. visit www.TabGuitarLessons.com today. # ################################################################ From: "Brandon R" Subject: Mercenary Song by Steve Earl Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 11:30:55 -0600 Mercenary Song by Steve Earle [G] Me and old Bill there we both come from Georgia Met Hank down in [D] New Mexico [G] We're [G] bound for Durango to join Pancho Villa We hear that he's [D] paying in [G] gold I guess a man's got to do what he's best at Ain't found nothing better so far Been called mercenaries and men with no country Just soldiers in search of a war CHORUS We're [C] bound for the border We're [G] soldiers of fortune We'll [D] fight for no country But we'll [G] die for good pay [C] Under the flag of the [G] greenback dollar Or the peso down [D] Mexico [G] way When this way is over, I might go back to Georgia And settle down quiet somewhere I'll most likely pack up and head south for Chile Hear tell there's some trouble down there REPEAT CHORUS TWICE