Well Take Beersheba Chords

KeyBm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays566

Well Take Beersheba by Lee Kernaghan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Bm, Em, D, A, G and Bm/A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
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Bm                                Em           Bm 
  Forward, we'll take Beersheba, spur up and on Light Horsemen 
Bm                 D                 A               Bm 
  Ride on through dust and bullets, 'til we take Beersheba 

verse 1 

          Bm                               D 
  Half a mile to the rise, we'll take the Turks by surprise 
             A                         Em 
  Keep the trot, hold the line, as we wait for the sign 
              Bm                        D 
  Clear the brow of the hill, keep it steady until 
            A                                 Em 
  We're in range of the guns and then we'll break into a run 

Bm                                Em           Bm 
  Forward, we'll take Beersheba, spur up and on Light Horsemen 
Bm                 D                 A               Bm 
  Ride on through dust and bullets, 'til we take Beersheba 

verse 2 

              Bm                         D 
  Bayonnets flash in the sun, Johnnys squint down their guns 
           A                           Em 
  Captain Davies gives a yell, we went at 'em like hell 
          Bm                      D 
  Riders fall, horses run, empty saddles splashed with blood 
           A                          Em 
  Turkish trenches 50 yards, Squadron A led the charge 

Bm                                Em           Bm 
  Forward, we'll take Beersheba, spur up and on Light Horsemen 
Bm                 D                 A               Bm 
  Ride on through dust and bullets, 'til we take Beersheba 
Bm                                  Em           Bm 
  Slouch hat with plumes a-flyin', spur up and on Light Horsemen 
Bm                 D                 A               Bm 
  Ride on through dust and bullets, 'til we take Beersheba  ('hoyyyyyyyy) 

Instrumental 

Bm     G  Bm  Bm  D  A  Bm  (x2) 

BRIDGE 

Bm 
  At full gallop, yelling madly 
  Bm 
  Pounding hooves go hell for leather 
  Bm 
  Flying horses clear the trenches 
 Bm     Bm/A  Bm                   Bm   Bm/A Bm 
  Man and beast leap up and over... 
  N.C. 
  Man and beast leap up and over... 

Bm                                Em           Bm 
  Forward, we'll take Beersheba, spur up and on Light Horsemen 
Bm                 D                 A               Bm 
  Ride on through dust and bullets, 'til we take Beersheba 
Bm                                  Em           Bm 
  Slouch hat with plumes a-flyin', spur up and on Light Horsemen 
Bm                 D                 A               Bm 
  Ride on through dust and bullets, 'til we take Beersheba 

OUTRO 

Bm     G  Bm  Bm  D   A                 Bm 
                     'Till we take Beersheba 
Bm     G  Bm  Bm  D   A                 G      A     Bm 
                     'Till we take Beersheba 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante