Bella Ciao

[Verso 1]


          Am              Am 
Early one morning, I was awoken, 
        Am          Am          Am7  Am7  Am7 
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao! 
          Dm              Am 
Early one morning, I was awoken, 
        E7          Am 
Only to find an invader. 


[Verso 2]


        Am                    Am 
Oh partigiano, please send me from here, 
        Am          Am          Am7  Am7  Am7 
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao! 
        Dm                    Am 
Oh partigiano, please send me from here, 
      E7                Am 
For I fear that I shall die. 


[Verso 3]


         Am               Am 
And if I die here, a partigiano, 
        Am          Am          Am7  Am7  Am7 
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao! 
         Dm               Am 
And if I die here, a partigiano, 
         E7             Am 
You must lay me down to rest. 


[Verso 4]


        Am             Am 
Bury my body, upon the mountain, 
        Am          Am          Am7  Am7  Am7 
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao! 
        Dm             Am 
Bury my body, upon the mountain, 
         E7               Am 
'Neath a beautiful, young flower. 


[Verso 5]


            Am               Am 
And all the people, who toil past me, 
        Am          Am          Am7  Am7  Am7 
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao! 
            Dm               Am 
And all the people, who toil past me, 
             E7               Am 
Say: "What a beautiful, young flower!" 


[Verso 6]


            Am                Am 
This is the flower, of a partigiano, 
        Am          Am          Am7  Am7  Am7 
O bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao! 
            Dm                Am 
This is the flower, of a partigiano, 
             E7             Am 
Who died for peace and liberty.