Bugles in the afternoon chords by Lee Hazlewood

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
A daring  (C major) young corporal
loved sweet Polly and
Am 
Polly was promised to the captain  (A minor) man
C 
To the captain man  (C major) 
The corporal say "Polly,
kiss me tenderly"
Polly say to the corporal "I hope
Am 
the captain don't catch me  (A minor) 
I hope he don't catch me"
C 
 (C major) 

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Verse 2

And the captain marched his soldiers

And the soldiers sang a tune

And the corporal courted Polly

And the bugles played in the afternoon

Interlude 1

Verse 3
C 
The captain  (C major) say "I don't
think Polly's love is true
He say "come here corporal,
Am 
I wanna talk to you  (A minor) 
C 
I wanna talk to you  (C major) 
There's trouble with the Indians,
you ride out and see
And if there's less than fifty,
Am 
don't you bother me  (A minor) 
Don't you bother me"
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 4
F 
C 
And the captain  (F major) marched his sol (C major) diers
F 
C 
And the soldiers  (F major) sang a tun (C major) e
F 
C 
And the  (F major) corporal rode away  (C major) 
F 
G 
Am 
And the bugles  (F major)  (G major) played in the  (A minor) afternoon
C 
 (C major) 

Interlude 2

Verse 5
C 
Next  (C major) morning they found the corporal
lying there on the ground
Forty six dead Indians lying
Am 
there all around  (A minor) 
C 
Lying all around  (C major) 
The captain said "The corporal was so brave,
you see
There wasn't fifty Indians so
Am 
he didn't bother me  (A minor) 
He didn't bother me"
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 6
F 
C 
And the captain  (F major) marched his sol (C major) diers
F 
C 
And the sol (F major) diers sang a tune  (C major) 
F 
C 
And  (F major) Polly cried for the  (C major) corporal
F 
G 
Am 
And the  (F major) bugles  (G major) played in the after (A minor) noon