D
Come a runnin' boys
D A
Don’t you hear that noise like the thunder in the sky
A
How it rolls along in a good old song
D
From the sons of Nebraski
D
Now it's coming near with a rising cheer
G
That will sweep all foes away
D
So with all our vim
Bm G A D
We are bound to win and we're going to win today
D
In the days of old
D A
Johnny Bender bold would just take that ball in hand
A
And with Benedict right in front of him
D
They would set sail for the land
D
Then Doc Eager too with a chosen few
G
Would be all round everywhere
D
And before they’d quit
Bm G A D
they would calmly sit down behind that goalpost there
[CHORUS]
A
For Nebraska and the scarlet
D
For Nebraska and the cream
A
Though they go thru many battles
D
Our colors still are seen
Bm A
And so in contest and in victory
G A
We will wave them for the team
G D
And will always stir a Cornhusker
G A D
The scarlet and the cream
D
When the sun is bright
D D A
And the fields are ripe with the tassel on the corn
A A
You can hear it grow in the evening glow
A D
Or the hush of early morn
D D D G
In the state so fair 'tis the very air that inspires us with a zest
D Bm
That in any fray we will not dismay
G A D
But we'll do our level best
[Chorus]
A
For Nebraska and the scarlet
D
For Nebraska and the cream
A
Though they go thru many battles
D
Our colors still are seen
Bm A
And so in contest and in victory
G A
We will wave them for the team
G D
And will always stir a Cornhusker
G A D
The scarlet and the cream
