Corb Lund - I wanna be in the cavalry

^GI wanna be in the cavalry if they ^Csend me off to ^Emwar ^CI wanna good steed ^Gunder me like my forefathers be^Dfore ^GI wanna good mount when the bugle sounds and I ^Chear the cannons' ^Emroar ^CI wanna be in the ^Gcavalry if they send me ^Doff to ^Gwar

^Gwell,I wanna horse in the volunteer f^Corce that's riding fo^Emrth at dawn ^CPlease save for me some gal^Glantry that will echo when I'm ^Dgone ^GI beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the b^Cattle lines are dr^Emawn ^CLemme at least leave a g^Good hoof beat they'll ^Dremember loud and lo^Gng

^GI'd not a good foot soldier make, I'd be so^Cur and slow at ^Emmarch ^CAnd I'd be sick on a navy^G ship, and the sea would leave ^Dme parched ^GBut I'll be first in line if they'll let me rid^Ce, by god, you'll ^Emsee my starch ^CLope back o'er the^G heath with the laurel w^Dreath underneath that vict’^Gry arch

^GLet me earn my spurs in the battle^C's blur where t^Emhe day is lost or won ^CI'll wield my lance as the ponies dance^G and the blackguards fire their^D guns ^GA sabre keen, and a sad^Cdle carbine and an^Em army Remington ^CWhere the hot lead screams with the col^Gd, cold steel let me be ^Da caval^Gryman

^GLet 'em play their flutes and stirrup my boots and p^Clace them back to f^Emront ^CCause I won’t be ba^Gck on the rider-less black and I'm fin^Dished in my hunt ^GI wanna be in the cavalry if t^Chey send me off to^Em war ^CI wanna be in the ^Gcavalry, but I won't rid^De home no mor^Ge