Compañeros

Verse 1
AFidel And Che GueEvara Lay In The DShip At Anchor In TheA Harbour
AWaiting For The EEvening Tide To DRise And Bring High AWater.
EBound For Cuba She Must Go
EAcross The Gulf Of Mexico And The Caribbean Ocean
She’s CBmarrying A Human CEargo
Eighty Three Good CompañAeros
DEach One Burning With Determination To Be EFree

Chorus 1
EAgainst ABatista,
The DFidelAistas,
CDourage Was Their EArmour As They FDought At Fidel’s ESide With Che GAuevara.

Verse 2
ATen Days Out EFrom Mexico These CDompañeroAs
ALanded On The ECuban Beach Los DColaradoAs
EFidel Said This Year Will See
EOur Country And Our People Free Or Else We Will Be Martyrs
We’ve BmOnly Guns Enough For ETwenty
The Enemy Has Arms A APlenty
DMeet Him And Defeat Him And He’ll Keep Us Well ESupplied

Chorus 1
EAgainst ABatista,
The DFidelAistas,
DCourage Was Their EArmour As They DFought At Fidel’s ESide With Che GuAevara.

Verse 3
AFive Weeks Later EIn The Canyon DDe La RiAo
FAidel’s Army Had EBeen Reduced To DEighteen CompañerAos
EHungry, Weak And Unafraid,
ELearning Revolutions Trade In The High Sierra Maestre
BmWhere The Mountain Winds Did EBlow
Bearing Seeds To Sprout And ASow
DCrops In Cuban Soil That Marked The Death Of SlaEvery

Chorus 2
EOn CompañAeros,
DTo El UlAvero
DCourage Was Their EArmour As They DFought At Fidel’s ESide With Che GuAevara

Verse 4
They AFought Their Way EAcross The Peak Of DEl TorquinAo
AJoined By Bands Of EVolunteers And The DMen From SantAiago
EThey Faced Batista’s Tanks And Trains,
EDrove Them Back Down To Plains, From The High Sierra Maestre
They BmDrove The Gangsters From Los EVios
Straight Across The CordilAeros
DSanta Barbra Fell To Che Guevara And Was EFree.

Chorus 2
EOn CompañAeros,
DTo El UlAvero
DCourage Was Their EArmour As They DFought At Fidel’s ESide With Che GuAevara

Verse 5
The AFire Lit On That ECuban Beach By DFidel CastAro
AStill Shines All EThe Way To DTerra Del AFuego
ESparks Are Blown Upon The Breeze,
EPeople Rise From Off Their Knees When They See The Night Is Burning.
It BmBlazes Up In VenezEuela,
Bolivia And GuataAmala
DLights The Road That We Must Go In Order To Be EFree

Outro
EOn CompañAeros
DAmeriAcanos
DCourage Was Their EArmour As They DFought At Fidel’s ESide With Che GuAevara
DCourage Was Their EArmour As They DFought At Fidel’s ESide With Che GuAevara