Battle Hymns

Battle Hymns easy guitar chords by The Nightwatchman

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • Em

  • G

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • B

    2
  • D

  • Em

  • G

  • C

  • Bm

    2
  • B

    2
  • D

  • Verse 1
    Battle hymns 
    for 
    the broken 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the misled 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the wretched 

    The for
    gotten 
    and 
    the dead 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    of 
    redemp
    tion 

    Of solid
    arity 
    and 
    pride 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    we 
    will 
    be singing 

    At the 
    turning 
    of the tide 

    Verse 2

    Can 
    you 
    explain 
    to the 
    mothers 

    And the 
    fathers 
    of 
    those 

    Who 
    come 
    riding 
    home 
    in coffins 

    In their 
    military 
    clothes 

    Shiny 
    medals 
    pinned 

    To 
    their 
    dead 
    teenage 
    chests 

    While the 
    trumpets 
    blare 

    And 
    you 
    lie 
    your 
    best 

    So 
    ask 
    all 
    you 
    want 

    From 
    the dusk 
    til 
    the dawn 

    The 
    answer's 
    still 
    no 

    Cause brother 
    I'm 
    gone 

    Verse 3
    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the broken 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    for the 
    misled 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the wretched 

    The for
    gotten 
    and 
    the dead 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    of 
    redemp
    tion 

    Of 
    solid
    arity 
    and 
    pride 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    we 
    will 
    be singing 

    At the 
    turning 
    of 
    the tide 

    Verse 4

    Can 
    you ex
    plain 
    away 
    the 
    sleight 
    of hand 

    And 
    the criminality 

    Of spend
    ing 
    souls 
    for 
    oil 

    Well in 
    the mir
    ror 
    can 
    see 

    am the 
    path 
    that 
    leads 
    down 

    am a dark 
    and 
    bloody 
    hall 

    I'm the 
    reaper, 
    executioner 

    Hangman, 
    judge, 
    and 
    the law 

    So 
    tie 
    a yellow 
    ribbon 

    Round 
    the 
    oak 
    tree 
    on 
    the lawn 

    But the 
    cavalry's 
    not 
    comin' 

    Cause 
    brother 
    they're 
    gone 

    Verse 5
    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the broken 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the misled 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the wretched 

    The for
    gotten 
    and 
    the dead 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    of 
    redemp
    tion 

    Of 
    solid
    arity 
    and pride 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    we 
    will 
    be singing 

    At the 
    turning 
    of 
    the tide 

    Verse 6

    So 
    I'm 
    sharpening 
    my 
    shovel 

    I'm 
    firing 
    the kiln 

    I'm 
    blind 
    and I 
    am purposeful 

    martyr 
    on 
    the hill 

    The 
    dream 
    you 
    might 
    be dreaming 

    Might 
    be 
    someone 
    else's 

    dream 
    tonight 

    I'm the 
    whisperer 
    of misgivings 

    I'm 
    the 
    fad
    ing 
    tail 
    light 

    I'm the 
    call 
    for 
    retribution 

    From 
    the back 
    of the smoke 
    filled 
    hall 

    I'm the 
    vow 
    of 
    bitterness 

    I'm 
    the poison 
    in the 
    well 

    I've a 
    photographic 
    memory 

    Of 
    the deed
    s I 
    will 
    avenge 

    I'm the cold 
    in 
    the river 
    hollow 

    I've a 
    hatpin, 
    I've a plan 

    I don't 
    care 
    of 
    cause 

    or consequence 

    Head shaved 
    and 
    body 
    lean 

    I'm the go- 
    getter, 

    the 
    score 
    settler 

    I'm the shad
    ow 
    on 

    the green 

    There's a flock 
    of blackbirds 
    flying 

    Nearly 
    ten 
    thousand 
    strong 

    Who set 
    off 
    this 
    morning 

    And 
    brother 
    they're 
    gone 

    Verse 7
    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the broken 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the misled 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    for 
    the wretched 

    The forgot
    ten, 
    for 
    the dead 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    of 
    redemp
    tion 

    Of 
    solid
    arity 
    and 
    pride 

    Battle 
    hymns 
    we 
    will 
    be singing 

    At the 
    turning 
    of 
    the tide 

    Outro 1

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