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The Ride To Agadir by Mike Batt
The Ride To Agadir
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
[Verse]
(a cappella)
C
We rode in the morning,
G
Casablanca to the west
Dm C
On the Atlas mountain foothills
G Am
leading down to Marrakesh
G C
For Mohammed and Morocco,
G
we had taken up our guns
Dm C
For the ashes of our fathers
G Am
and the children of our sons
Dm C
For the ashes of our fathers
G7 C
and the children of our sons
[Verse]
C
In the dry winds of summer,
G
we were sharpening the blades
Dm C
We were riding to act upon the
G Am
promise we had made
G C
With the fist and the dagger,
G
with the rifle and the lance
Dm C
We will suffer no intrusion from the
G Am
infidels of France
Dm C
We will suffer no intrusion from the
G7 C |% |
infidels of France
[Instrumental]
|Am |% |
| G|D |% |% |
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| Am |% |% |% |
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| Dm |% | G Gsus4 | G Gsus4 |
| Ab Eb Gb Db | Ab Eb Gb Db |
| Am |
[Chorus]
(Key Change to Bb)
Gm7 Am7 Gm7
We could wait no more
Bb
In the burning sands on
F Gm |
the ride to Agadir
Gm7 Am7 Gm7
Like the dogs of war
Bb
for the future of this land
F Gm |C |
on the ride to Agadir
[Verse]
(Key Change to F)
F
Though they were waiting
C
and they were fifty to our ten
Bb F
They were easily outnumbered
C Dm |
by a smaller force of men
F
As the darkness was falling
C
they were soon to realise
Bb F
We were going to relieve them
C Dm
of their God forsaken lives
Bb F
We were going to relieve them
C F |
of their God forsaken lives
[Chorus]
(Key Change Bb)
Gm7 Am7 Gm7
We could wait no more
Bb
In the burning sands on
F Gm |
the ride to Agadir
Gm7 Am7 Gm7
Like the dogs of war
Bb
for the future of this land
F Gm | Gm |
on the ride to Agadir
[Instrumental]
(Key Change to C)
N.C.
16 bars
[Coda]
C
We rode in the morning,
G
Casablanca to the west
F C
On the Atlas mountain foothills
G Am
leading down to Marrakesh
C
For Mohammed and Morocco,
G
we had taken up our guns
F C
For the ashes of our fathers
G Am
and the children of our sons
F C
For the ashes of our fathers
G7 C |% |% |% |
and the children of our sons
[Guitar Solo]
(Key Change to D)
|D |% |G |
|F#m Em |D |% |
|D |% |G |
|F#m Em |D |% |
|Bm |% |% |% |% |
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