The Rifle A song from the American Revolution from Jerry Silverman's "How to Play the Guitar", pp. 38-39 In 2/4 G, each chord is a half measure. Letters above the words are the chords. Letters below are the notes. Lower case notes mean it went down less than an octave. Upper case notes mean it went up less than an octave or stayed the same. You'll pretty much have to figure out what the note durations are. Just remember you have the measures at the top: one measure per two chords. G D7 G G G D7 G Why come ye hither, Redcoats? Your minds, what madness fills? d G G A A B B g A B B a A B G G D7 G D7 G D7 G There is danger in our valley and there's danger in our hills, d D G G A A B B D c b B a A g G C C C C G G G Oh hear ye not the singing of the bugle, wild and free? Gf e E E F G f G e E d D b D G G G G G G D7 G Full soon you'll hear the ringing of the rifle from each tree. G A B B B C D D D c b B a A g Chorus: G C C C For the rifle, G G ||:G e C G G G Oh, the rifle, G G G D G G G D7 D7 G G In our hands will prove no trifle. G A B g A C b g |1----------------| |2-------------| G G G G Oh the G G :|| || Ye ride a goodly steed, ye may know another master, Ye forward come with speed, but ye'll learn to back much faster When you meet our mountain boys and their leader Johnny Stark— Lads who make but little noise, lads who always hit the mark. Chorus Had ye no graves at home, across the briny water, That hither ye must come, like bullocks to the slaughter? Well, if we the work must do, why, the sooner 'tis begun, If flint and powder hold but true, the sooner 'twill be done. Chorus.