Udi Song chords

Udi Song

• D

John Edmond - UDI Song



D      

G C F A# 

D         

G C F A# 

D 


          D 
Since the wagon wheels rode north
   C             D
It has been many years
    D           
The country has been built and run
   C        D
By hardy pioneers
     A
They fought the Matabele 
      E
And a many hardship too
    A
The flag unfurled will tell the world
    E
And sing this song to you


    D 
And you can call us rebels 
    C               D
And you can call us rogues
   D
We were founded by an Englishman
       C             D 
By the name of Cecil Rose
   G
We fought for this dear land of ours
    F            G
And many men did die
    G
And we may have to fight again 
    F         A
For this is UDI


     D
In a time of need
               C          D
We stood behind the motherland
     D                  
Ours soldiers fought in Flanders field
    C             D
And in the desert sand
   A
In steaming jungles we have fought
    E
The common enemy
          A
But these things have been forgotten
          E
Since the days of victory

    D 
And you can call us rebels 
    C               D
And you can call us rogues
   D
We were founded by an Englishman
       C             D 
By the name of Cecil Rose
   G
We fought for this dear land of ours
    F            G
And many men did die
    G
And we may have to fight again 
    F         A
For this is UDI

    D
And now the sun is setting 
 C               D
Upon the great regime
D      
Children all are leaving
    C                    D
The mist where they were weemed
    A
And now the youngest child has left
    E
The parents and the home
    A
And it can prove its worth
        E
If it's only left alone


    D 
And you can call us rebels 
    C               D
And you can call us rogues
   D
We were founded by an Englishman
       C             D 
By the name of Cecil Rose
   G
We fought for this dear land of ours
    F            G
And many men did die
    G
And we may have to fight again 
    F         A
For this is UDI                      (ad libitum)



This song is on the album Troopie Songs Volume 1, it's the most polished version! 
For the intro you can play the D chord and its variations (Dsus4 and Dsus2), 
and only strum once each chord for the G C F A# part.

But you can skip the intro, the rest of the song is pretty straightforward 
so you shouldn't have a problem transposing it to the other versions. To be noted: 
'weem' is a scottish term for house, and seeing as Mr. Edmond live a bit in Scotland explains that, 
because I had no idea what it ment beforehand.

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