Mercenary Song Steve Earle
I saw the tab for this song and i thought that my intro was better.
I know that Steve will play this song in G , as he always does, so slap a capo on the old 2nd fret.
Intro:
--3-----------------------------------------3-------------- --3------------------------------(3)-(3)(3)-3-------------- --0-------------------------------2---2--2--0-2------------ --0--0-0h2p0----------------------0---0--0--0-0---------0h2 --2----------0h2--2h3-3p2-0-2-(p)-0---0--0--2-0-0h2p0------ --3--------------------------------------------------3-----
Fill 1:
------------- ------------- ------------- ---------0h2- --0h2p0------ --------3----
Fill 2:
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- --0-0-2------into G*
[G] Me and old Bill there we both come from Georgia
Met Hank down in [D] New Mexico [G] (Fill 1)
We're [G] bound for Durango to join Pancho Villa
We hear that he's [D] paying in [G] gold (Fill 1)
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
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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 (Fill 2)
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
*
If you've got another guitar playing open using the chords A D E, then play this fill as:
-------- -------- -------- -------- --------
--0-2-4-into A
But if youre capoed at 2 you cant play the open E so just play F# twice, as in Fill 2
Thanks very much.
Steve's Biggest Fan
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