The Isonzo Waltz

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Intro: Dm  C  F  (4x) 

Dm             C               F 
Seven thousand men crossed the river today 
    Dm           C          F 
And none of them came back across 
 Dm       C          F 
All lost there by Isonzo today 
          Dm           C               F     Dm  C  F    Dm  C  F 
And we'll send more as soon as they're gone 


 Dm                C          F 
 ?  our loss too old and so fair 
       Dm         C          F 
On the day of our wedding it rained 
          Dm         C          F 
Now, they told me to cross the Isonzo today 
      Dm          C        F   
And I shall never see her again 


      Am                          C 
Three days, three days passed the river they set 
    Am      F         C 
The city of Trentine alight 
Am                           C 
Take it, you can, you'll be among her best men 
        Am                          G 
And the nation will watch you Do or Die 


Instrumental: Dm  C  F  (4x) 


Dm       C            F 
Not even make it, ten minutes or so 
        Dm          C         F 
We were cut down by enemy fire 
Dm             C         F 
Wounded on the banks of Isonzo today 
        Dm          C           F 
And I'm glad no one can hear me cry 


    Dm        C           F 
The river ran red and the stench of the dead 
         Dm          C           F 
Were the last senses left to the mind 
Dm       C          F 
Carried away on the gurney that day 
         Dm            C          F 
Crossing back o'er the river I died 


 
      Am                         C 
Three years, three years on that river they fought 
Am        F              C 
Many more men lost their lives 
   Am             C 
In 1918 there was finally peace 
           Am                    G 
While in a graveyard in Venice I lie 


OUTRO: Dm  C  F  (4x)