Chocolate Soldier chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

G               C
As I walked towards the old town hall
  D           G
A crowd of my mates by my side
             C
To join up the Ulster Division
  D           G
I knew I was young but I lied
            C
In the YCV they had trained me
   D           G
To honour and fight for my land
                C
And I proudly paraded through Belfast
    D            G
To the sound of a fife and drum band.

 C          G
Arriving in Europe it hit me
   C          G
the reality of what I would do
     C           G
I would clamber or the trench ladder
      D           G
When the captain his whistle he blew.
C G D G

 G              C
So tonight as i lie in this dugout
 D           G
Cold and encased in the mud
              C
I long to be with you my darling
  D            G
To hold you as one of my blood

We'd walk hand in hand through old
C
Belfast
 D               G
Through the streets that I love Sandy

Row
                C
But I know that it will never happen
   D          G
For tomorrow to battle I go.

C            G
Remember I always will love you
C               G
Tell my ma and my da just the same
C                G
I'm afraid like the lads here beside me
    D            G
That in France I will surely remain.

C G D G
G
But I'd fight and I'd die for old
C
Ulster
   D               G
For England and the red white and blue
                 C
I would die for our leader Lord Carson
  D           G
The YCV are all loyal to you.
                C
Don't be stirred my lads I am writing
  D              G
To my girl back in Belfast so true

She broke her wee heart when I left
C
her
  D           G
My Ulster I do this for you

C             G
So I bid you adue now my darling
     C            G
For it's dark and I can't see to write
 C           G
Remember the Ulster Division
   D           G
For Ulster will always be right

   C           G
Yes remember the Ulster Division
   D           G
For Ulster will always be right.