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Song Name: Blood on the Risers (Gory Gory) By: 82nd Airborne Division
Posted By: johndoe Difficulty: Beginner
Key: C Genre: Patriotic
Harp Type: Diatonic
Created: 2021-04-20 06:08:20 Modified: 2021-04-20 06:11:01


Song:


"Blood Upon the Risers" is an American paratrooper song from World War II.

The song tells of the final fatal jump of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy.

This results in him falling to his death.

 

 6     6     6    6   6 -5      5  6      7   -8     8 8      8      -8      7

He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright,

-7      -6       -6   -6     -7  7 -7       7    -6       6    -6     6       5     6

He checked all his equipment and made sure his pack was tight,

 6     6     6   6   -5   5 6    7   -8 8   8  8      -8      7

He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar,

 7       -8    -8 -8     7     -7     7

You ain't gonna jump no more.

 

[Chorus]

 

6 -5    5 6   7      -8  8    8  8  8   -8   7          

Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,               

-6 -7  7 -7     7    -6  6   6  6  6    5    6

Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,

6 -5    5 6   7      -8  8    8  8  8   -8   7   

Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die,

7     -8     -8 -8      7   -7    7

He ain't gonna jump no more!