Pork Beans And Hardtack chords

[VERSE 1]

Our volu[A]nteers are solidiers bold,
so [D]say the people [Bm]all.
When [E7]duty calls they spring to arms,
responsive to the [A]call.

With outfits old and rotten clothes,
ill [D]fitted for the s[Bm]trife!
They [E7]leave their homes on starving pay,
to take the nitchies' [A]life.

[REFRAIN]
[C#]Pork, beans, and [F#m]hard-tack,
[C#] [F#m]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la,
[B7]Poor, hungry [E7]soldiers,
[B7] [E7]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
In r[A]ags we march the prairie,
most [D]eager for the [Bm]fray.
But [E7]when we near the enemy
they always run a[A]way.

As Corporation laborers
with [D]fa-ti-gue each [Bm]day
We [E7]dig and scrape

and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a [A]day!


[VERSE 2]

Faint[A] , cold and weary,
we're [D]packed on an open [Bm]car
[E7]Cursing our fate and grumbling
as soldiers ever [A]are.

Hungry and thirsty,
over the[D] C.P.R. we [Bm]go.
Inst[E7]ead of by the all-rail-route
Detroit and Chicag[A]o.

[REFRAIN]
[C#]Pork, beans, and [F#m]hard-tack,
[C#] [F#m]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la,
[B7]Poor, hungry [E7]soldiers,
[B7] [E7]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
In r[A]ags we march the prairie,
most [D]eager for the [Bm]fray.
But [E7]when we near the enemy
they always run a[A]way.

As Corporation laborers
with [D]fa-ti-gue each [Bm]day
We [E7]dig and scrape

and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a [A]day!


[VERSE 3]
On hal[A]f cooked beans and fat pork,
we're [D]fed without rel[Bm]ief.
Save [E7]when we get a change of grub
on hard-tack and corned [A]beef!

On fat-ti-gue and guards all day,
patr[D]ols and pickets by [Bm]night,
It's [E7]thus we while our time away,
Our duty seems ne'er to [A]fight!

[REFRAIN]
[C#]Pork, beans, and [F#m]hard-tack,
[C#] [F#m]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la,
[B7]Poor, hungry [E7]soldiers,
[B7] [E7]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
In r[A]ags we march the prairie,
most [D]eager for the [Bm]fray.
But [E7]when we near the enemy
they always run a[A]way.

As Corporation laborers
with [D]fa-ti-gue each [Bm]day
We [E7]dig and scrape

and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a [A]day!


[VERSE 4]
Down[A] the wild Saskatchewan
in [D]river boats we go.
At la[E7]st we reach Lake Winnipeg
where a tug takes us in t[A]ow.

On board a barge two regiments
are s[D]hoved into the h[Bm]old.
Like [E7]sardines in a box we're packed
600 men all [A]told!

[REFRAIN]
[C#]Pork, beans, and [F#m]hard-tack,
[C#] [F#m]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la,
[B7]Poor, hungry [E7]soldiers,
[B7] [E7]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
In r[A]ags we march the prairie,
most [D]eager for the [Bm]fray.
But [E7]when we near the enemy
they always run a[A]way.

As Corporation laborers
with [D]fa-ti-gue each [Bm]day
We [E7]dig and scrape

and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a [A]day!


[VERSE 5]
Dow[A]n the length of Winnipeg Lake,
We[D] roll throughout the [Bm]night.
And [E7]on we're towed along the Lake
till Selkirk is in [A]sight.

We disembark in double quick time,
We [D]once more board a [Bm]train;
We're[E7] on our way for Winnipeg,
we're getting near home [A]again!

[REFRAIN]

[C#]Pork, beans, and [F#m]hard-tack,
[C#] [F#m]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la,
[B7]Poor, hungry [E7]soldiers,
[B7] [E7]
tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
In r[A]ags we march the prairie,
most [D]eager for the [Bm]fray.
But [E7]when we near the enemy
they always run a[A]way.

As Corporation laborers
with [D]fa-ti-gue each [Bm]day
We [E7]dig and scrape

and hoe and rake
for fifty cents a [A]day!