Compañeros

Verse 1
CFidel And Che GueGvara Lay In The FShip At Anchor In TheC Harbour
CWaiting For The GEvening Tide To FRise And Bring High CWater.
GBound For Cuba She Must Go
GAcross The Gulf Of Mexico And The Caribbean Ocean
She’s CDmarrying A Human CGargo
Eighty Three Good CompañCeros
FEach One Burning With Determination To Be GFree

Chorus 1
GAgainst CBatista,
The FFidelCistas,
CFourage Was Their GArmour As They FFought At Fidel’s GSide With Che GCuevara.

Verse 2
CTen Days Out GFrom Mexico These CFompañeroCs
CLanded On The GCuban Beach Los FColaradoCs
GFidel Said This Year Will See
GOur Country And Our People Free Or Else We Will Be Martyrs
We’ve DmOnly Guns Enough For GTwenty
The Enemy Has Arms A CPlenty
FMeet Him And Defeat Him And He’ll Keep Us Well GSupplied

Chorus 1
GAgainst CBatista,
The FFidelCistas,
FCourage Was Their GArmour As They FFought At Fidel’s GSide With Che GuCevara.

Verse 3
CFive Weeks Later GIn The Canyon FDe La RiCo
FCidel’s Army Had GBeen Reduced To FEighteen CompañerCos
GHungry, Weak And Unafraid,
GLearning Revolutions Trade In The High Sierra Maestre
DmWhere The Mountain Winds Did GBlow
Bearing Seeds To Sprout And CSow
FCrops In Cuban Soil That Marked The Death Of SlaGvery

Chorus 2
GOn CompañCeros,
FTo El UlCvero
FCourage Was Their GArmour As They FFought At Fidel’s GSide With Che GuCevara

Verse 4
They CFought Their Way GAcross The Peak Of FEl TorquinCo
CJoined By Bands Of GVolunteers And The FMen From SantCiago
GThey Faced Batista’s Tanks And Trains,
GDrove Them Back Down To Plains, From The High Sierra Maestre
They DmDrove The Gangsters From Los GVios
Straight Across The CordilCeros
FSanta Barbra Fell To Che Guevara And Was GFree.

Chorus 2
GOn CompañCeros,
FTo El UlCvero
FCourage Was Their GArmour As They FFought At Fidel’s GSide With Che GuCevara

Verse 5
The CFire Lit On That GCuban Beach By FFidel CastCro
CStill Shines All GThe Way To FTerra Del CFuego
GSparks Are Blown Upon The Breeze,
GPeople Rise From Off Their Knees When They See The Night Is Burning.
It DmBlazes Up In VenezGuela,
Bolivia And GuataCmala
FLights The Road That We Must Go In Order To Be GFree

Outro
GOn CompañCeros
FAmeriCcanos
FCourage Was Their GArmour As They FFought At Fidel’s GSide With Che GuCevara
FCourage Was Their GArmour As They FFought At Fidel’s GSide With Che GuCevara