Bonaparte's Charge (1)

 BONAPARTE'S CHARGE. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Bruce Greene told Jim Taylor that the title was inspired by an incident at the Battle of Waterloo. The story goes that when it became apparent the French were not to win the field that day, Napoleon turned to his Chief Musician and ordered the signal for retreat to be played. Since retreat was seldom if ever an occurrence in the Emperor's army, the man was initially at a loss as there was not repertoire for 'retreat'. Frustrated, but resourceful, the man turned to his commander and said that although he had no retreat to play he could 'play a charge to wake the dead!' Recorded source: PearlMae Muisc 004-2, Jim Taylor - "The Civil War Collection" (1996).

X:1 T:Bonaparte's Charge R:March C:Unknown S:Nick Hallman Z:Transcribed by Bo Bradham Z:This is the way I play it. Z:Try it in DDAD tuning! Z:Not sure about the number of repeats in the low part. M:c| L:1/8 K:D d2d2 fafe|d2B2 BcdB|A2F2 DEFD|E2D2 D2:|
 * A2|d2d2 e2de|f2df edBA|d2d2 e2de|fa2b a2A2|
 * AB|A2F2 F2AB|A2D2 D2AB|A2F2 DEFD|E2D2 D2:|
 * AB|AA,F2 F2AB|AA,D2 D2AB|AA,F2 DEFD|EA,D2 D2:||

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