Compañeros

Verse 1
EFidel And Che GueBvara Lay In The AShip At Anchor In TheE Harbour
EWaiting For The BEvening Tide To ARise And Bring High EWater.
BBound For Cuba She Must Go
BAcross The Gulf Of Mexico And The Caribbean Ocean
She’s CF#marrying A Human CaBrgo
Eighty Three Good CompañEeros
AEach One Burning With Determination To Be BFree

Chorus 1
BAgainst EBatista,
The AFidelEistas,
CAourage Was Their BArmour As They FAought At Fidel’s BSide With Che GEuevara.

Verse 2
ETen Days Out BFrom Mexico These CAompañeroEs
ELanded On The BCuban Beach Los AColaradoEs
BFidel Said This Year Will See
BOur Country And Our People Free Or Else We Will Be Martyrs
We’ve F#mOnly Guns Enough For TBwenty
The Enemy Has Arms A EPlenty
AMeet Him And Defeat Him And He’ll Keep Us Well BSupplied

Chorus 1
BAgainst EBatista,
The AFidelEistas,
ACourage Was Their BArmour As They AFought At Fidel’s BSide With Che GuEevara.

Verse 3
EFive Weeks Later BIn The Canyon ADe La RiEo
FEidel’s Army Had BBeen Reduced To AEighteen CompañerEos
BHungry, Weak And Unafraid,
BLearning Revolutions Trade In The High Sierra Maestre
F#mWhere The Mountain Winds Did BBlow
Bearing Seeds To Sprout And ESow
ACrops In Cuban Soil That Marked The Death Of SlaBvery

Chorus 2
BOn CompañEeros,
ATo El UlEvero
ACourage Was Their BArmour As They AFought At Fidel’s BSide With Che GuEevara

Verse 4
They EFought Their Way BAcross The Peak Of AEl TorquinEo
EJoined By Bands Of BVolunteers And The AMen From SantEiago
BThey Faced Batista’s Tanks And Trains,
BDrove Them Back Down To Plains, From The High Sierra Maestre
They F#mDrove The Gangsters From Los VBios
Straight Across The CordilEeros
ASanta Barbra Fell To Che Guevara And Was BFree.

Chorus 2
BOn CompañEeros,
ATo El UlEvero
ACourage Was Their BArmour As They AFought At Fidel’s BSide With Che GuEevara

Verse 5
The EFire Lit On That BCuban Beach By AFidel CastEro
EStill Shines All BThe Way To ATerra Del EFuego
BSparks Are Blown Upon The Breeze,
BPeople Rise From Off Their Knees When They See The Night Is Burning.
It F#mBlazes Up In VenezuBela,
Bolivia And GuataEmala
ALights The Road That We Must Go In Order To Be BFree

Outro
BOn CompañEeros
AAmeriEcanos
ACourage Was Their BArmour As They AFought At Fidel’s BSide With Che GuEevara
ACourage Was Their BArmour As They AFought At Fidel’s BSide With Che GuEevara