Royal Guardsmen – Snoopy Vs The Red Baron chords

...SNOOPY VS THE RED BARON... by The Royal Guardsmen
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*Released 1966*


Intro:

F#

Verse 1:

F#                     B After the turn of the century,
       F#                    C#7In the clear blue skies over Germany.
       F#                         BCame a roar and a thunder men had never heard,
         C#7                  F#Like the screamin' sound of a big war bird.

F#                B Up in the sky, a man in a plane,
F#                     C#7 Baron von Richthoven, was his name.
F#                    B Eighty men tried and eighty men died,
            C#7                    F#Now they're buried together on the country side.

Chorus 1:

F#                           B Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and more,
    F#                   C#7The bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score.
F#                         B Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree,
       C#7                 F#Of the bloody Red Baron of Germany.

Verse 2:

       F#              BIn the nick of time, a hero arose,
  F#                        C#7A funny lookin' dog, with a big black nose.
   F#                   BHe flew into the sky to seek revenge,
        C#7                           F#But the Baron shot him down; "Curses!  Foiled again!"

Chorus 2:

F#                           B Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and more,
    F#                   C#7The bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score.
F#                         B Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree,
       C#7                 F#Of the bloody Red Baron of Germany.

*KEY CHANGE*
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Interlude:

G

Verse 3:

    G                   CNow Snoopy'd swore that he'd get that man,
      G                             D7So he asked the great pumpkin for a new battle plan.
   G                          CHe challenged the German to a real dog fight,
          D7                     GWhile the Baron was laughing, he got him in his sight.

Interlude:

G  C, D  C (x2), G

*KEY CHANGE*
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Interlude:

G#

Verse 4:

    G#                   C#The bloody Red Baron was in a fix;
   G#                         D#7He tried everything, but he'd run out of tricks.
G#                          C# Snoopy fired once, then he  fired twice,
        D#7                  G#And the bloody Red Baron was spinnin' out of sight.

Chorus 3:

G#                           C# Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and more,
    G#                   D#7The bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score.
G#                         C# Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree,
       D#7                 G#Of the bloody Red Baron of Germany. Well...

Chorus 4:

G#                           C# Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty and more,
    G#                   D#7The bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score.
G#                         C# Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree,
       D#7                 G#Of the bloody Red Baron of Germany.

(Repeat to Fade)


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          |_______|  Joel from cLuMsY, 2009    =
           = = = =      (clumsyband@hotmail.com)