{"id":20984,"date":"2024-06-19T23:31:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20984"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:18:16","slug":"bonapartes-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/bonapartes-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonaparte’s Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u200b\u200bWillie Nelson written <\/span>by <\/span>Redd Stewart & Pee Wee King<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bonaparte's Retreat\r\nGlen Campbell\r\nAlbum Capitol Albums Collection\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nEb<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n        Eb<\/span>\r\nMet the girl I-I love in a town way down in Dixie\r\n \r\nBeneath the stars up above\r\n \r\nShe was the sweetest girl I ever did see\r\n \r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n                             Bb<\/span>\r\nSo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I\r\nEb<\/span>\r\nKissed her while the guitars played\r\n    Bb<\/span>          Eb<\/span>\r\nThe Bonaparte's Retreat\r\n \r\n[Instrumental] (Guitar)\r\nEb<\/span>  Bb<\/span>  Eb<\/span>  Bb<\/span>  Eb<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nEb<\/span>\r\nAll the world wa-as bright as I held her on that night\r\n \r\nAnd I heard her-er say\r\n                 Bb<\/span>\r\nPlease don't you go away\r\n \r\n[Chorus 2]\r\nEb<\/span>                           Bb<\/span>\r\nSo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I\r\nEb<\/span>\r\nKissed her while the bagpipe played\r\n     Bb<\/span>          Eb<\/span>\r\nThe Bonaparte's Retreat\r\n \r\n[Instrumental] (Bagpipe)\r\nEb  Bb  Eb  Bb  Eb\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nEb\r\nWell I met the girl I-I love in a town way down in Dixie\r\n \r\nBeneath the stars up above\r\n \r\nShe was the sweetest girl I ever did see\r\n \r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n                             Bb\r\nSo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I\r\nEb\r\nKissed her while the fiddles played\r\n    Bb           Eb\r\nThe Bonaparte's Retreat\r\n \r\n[Instrumental] (Fiddle)\r\nEb  Bb  Eb  Bb  Eb  Bb  Eb\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nEb\r\nAll the world wa-as bright as I held her on that night\r\n \r\nAnd I heard her-er say\r\n                 Bb\r\nPlease don't you go away\r\n \r\n[Chorus 4]\r\nEb                            Bb\r\nSo I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I\r\nEb\r\nKissed her while everybody played\r\n    Bb          Eb\r\nThe Bonaparte's Retreat\r\n \r\n[Instrumental] (Everybody)\r\nEb  Bb  Eb  Bb  Eb\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nEb                            Bb\r\nYes I held her in my arms and told her of her many charms, I\r\nEb\r\nKissed her while everybody's playin'\r\n    Bb          Eb\r\nThe Bonaparte's Retreat\r\nEb                            Bb\r\nYes I held her in my arms, I told her of her many charms, and I\r\nEb\r\nKissed her while everybody's played\r\n    Bb          Eb\r\nThe Bonaparte's Retreat    (Fade)\r\n \r\n \r\nflyinglibra51\r\nGod Bless Glen Travis Campbell\r\n
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