The Ride To Agadir Chords
by Mike Batt
The Ride To Agadir by Mike Batt is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F, Em, A, D, G#m, F#m and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C
We rode in the morning,
G
Casablanca to the west
F
On the Atlas mountain foothills
C G
leading down to Marrakesh
C Em
For Muhammed and Morrocco,
C G
we have taken up our guns
G F
For the ashes of our fathers
G C
and the children of our sons
G F C
For the ashes of our fathers
G
and the children of our sons
Verse
C
In the dry winds of summer,
G
we were sharpening the blades
F C Em
We were riding to act upon the promise we had made
C Em
With the fist and the dagger,
C G
with the rifle and the lance
F C
We will suffer no intrusion from the infidels of France
F C
We will suffer no intrusion from the infidels of France
Instrumental
C A G D G D
A
D G
G#m F#m G#m F#m
A
Bb G
We could wait no more
Bb
In this burning sand on
F G Bb
the ride to Agadir
G Bb
Like the dogs of war
Bb
for the future of this land
F G D C
on the ride to Agadir
verse 1
F
Before they were waiting
C
and they were fifty to our ten
Bb C
They were easily outnumbered
D
by a smaller force then them
F
As the dawn mist was falling
C
they were soon to realise
Bb F
We were going to relieve them
C D
of their God forsaken lives
Bb F
We were going to relieve them
C F
of their God forsaken lives
Outro
Bb G
We could wait no more
Bb
In this burning sand on
F G Bb
the ride to Agadir
G Bb
Like the dogs of war
Bb
for the future of this land
F G D C
on the ride to Agadir