Key: F# major
Intro 1
A
B
B5
B
F#m
A
B
F#m
B
A
C#
Verse 1
C#
B
They came riding at first light
A
B
C#
Fifty men armed to the teeth
B
C#
The sounding horn called
B
us out to fight
A
B
C#
We went to meet them in the fields
B
Outnumbered
Verse 2
C#
B
yet we fought
A
B
C#
But soon we were overrun
B
C#
B
We took refuge in our home
A
B
Our downfall had just begun
C#
Interlude 1
A
C#
A
C#
B
They attacked
Verse 3
C#
our home,
B
we kept them out
F#m
Defending ourselves with
A
E
D#m
spear and bow
C#
B
We took them out one by one
F#m
As the rising autumn sun
glowed
A
Verse 4
E
D#5
C#
There was twenty dead on each side
B
When we first smelled something burn
F#m
We heard them laughing from outside
A
E
D#5
Taunting us with spiteful words
Verse 5
C#
They set the house on fire
B
In order to smoke us out
F#m
Only five of us was still alive
A
E
D#m
And our time was running out
Interlude 2
A
D#5
E
A
C#
B
A
C#
D#5
E
C#
B
A
D#5
E
A
C#
B
A
C#
D#5
E
C#
B
Verse 6
A
D#5
Raging flames surrounded us all
E
A
Our home was under
C#
B
A
siege
C#
Crumbling roof and burning walls
D#5
E
C#
B
A
There was no way to break free
Verse 7
C#m
A
D#5
As we were all about to die
E
A
C#
A
C#
B
We swore a sacred oath
A
C#
Revenge would be claimed
B
if someone survived
E
C#
B
And we sealed the oath in blood
Interlude 3
A
C#m
C#
F#m
A
G#
E
C#
F#m
A
G#
E
C#
The roof caved in
Verse 8
and cleared a path
F#m
A way out of the flames
A
It was decided that I'd go first
G#
G#m
As we made for our escaped
E
Verse 9
C#
Suddenly the walls came down
F#m
And trapped the rest inside
A
My closest friends died that day
G#
E
Only I made it out alive
Outro 1
C#
C#m
C#
C#m
B
F#m
A
C#m
C#
C#m
B
F#m
A
E
A
C#m
B
A
C#m
C#
C#m
D#m
E
C#m
C#
B
A
D#5
E
A
C#m
B
A
C#m
D#5
E
C#m
C#
C#m
A
B
B5
B
A
B
B5
B
A
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