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Die Moorsoldaten  Hannes Wader

Melody: Rudi Goguel
Text: Wolfgang Langhoff and Johann Esser
»"Peat Bog Soldiers" is one of Europe's best-known protest songs.
It exists in countless European languages (...) This song was written
(Source: Wikipedia)
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Chords:
Em 022000
Am x02210
B7 x21202 ( = H7 in German)
G 320003
D x00232
ORIGINAL VERSION (GERMAN):
1. [Em]Wohin auch das Auge blicket, [Am]Moor und [Em]Heide [B7]nur rings[Em]um.
[G]Vogelsang uns nicht erquicket, [Am]Eichen [Em]stehen [B7]kahl und [Em]krumm.
[D]Wir [G]sind die Moorsold[D]aten und [Em]ziehen mit dem [B7]Spaten ins [Em]Moor.
2. [Em]Hier in dieser öden Heide,[Am] ist das[Em] Lager[B7] aufge[Em]baut,
[G]Wo wir fern von jeder Freude [Am]hinter [Em]Stacheld[B7]raht verst[Em]aut.
[D]Wir [G]sind die Moorsold[D]aten und [Em]ziehen mit dem [B7]Spaten ins [Em]Moor.
3. [Em]Morgens ziehen die Kolonnen [Am]in das [Em]Moor zur [B7]Arbeit [Em]hin.
[G]Graben bei dem Brand der Sonne, [Am]doch zur [Em]Heimat [B7]steht der [Em]Sinn.
[D]Wir [G]sind die Moorsold[D]aten und [Em]ziehen mit dem [B7]Spaten ins [Em]Moor.
4. [Em]Heimwärts, heimwärts jeder sehne[Am]t sich z[Em]u Eltern[B7], Weib un[Em]d Kind,
[G]Manche Brust ein Seufzer dehnet, [Am]weil wir [Em]hier gef[B7]angen [Em]sind.
[D]Wir [G]sind die Moorsold[D]aten und [Em]ziehen mit dem [B7]Spaten ins [Em]Moor.
5. [Em]Auf und nieder geh'n die Posten, [Am]keiner, [Em]keiner, [B7]kann hind[Em]urch.
[G]Flucht wird nur das Leben kosten, v[Am]ierfach [Em]ist umz[B7]äunt die[Em] Burg.
[D]Wir [G]sind die Moorsold[D]aten und [Em]ziehen mit dem [B7]Spaten ins [Em]Moor.
6. [Em]Doch für uns gibt es kein Klagen,[Am] ewig[Em] kann's nicht[B7] Winter[Em] sein.
[G]Einmal werden froh wir sagen: [Am]Heimat, [Em]du bist [B7]wieder [Em]mein!
[D]Dann [G]zieh'n die Moorsold[D]aten [Em]nicht mehr mit dem [B7]Spaten ins [Em]Moor!
[D]Dann [G]zieh'n die Moorsold[D]aten [Em]nicht mehr mit dem [B7]Spaten ins [Em]Moor!
ENGLISH VERSION:
Band: The Dubliners
Far and wide as the eye can wander, heath and bog are everywhere.
Not a bird sings out to cheer us; oaks are standing gaunt and bare.
We are the peat bog soldiers, marching with our spades to the moor.
Up and down the guards are marching, no one, no one can get through.
Flight would mean a sure death facing, guns and barbed wire block our view.
We are the peat bog soldiers, marching with our spades to the moor.
But for us there is no complaining, winter will in time be past.
One day we shall rise rejoicing: homeland, dear, you're mine at last.
No more the peat bog soldiers will march with our spades to the moor.
No more the peat bog soldiers will march with our spades to the moor.
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