Hero's Son chords by Rees Shad
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Intro 1
(E minor) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (Csus2) (G major)
(E minor) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major)
(E minor)
Verse 1
Granddaddy fought on the (C major) Northern Seine (G major)
A (E minor) witness to the ghost
of (C major) Charlemag (G major) ne
The (A minor) northern light (B minor) s saw the (C major) Holy Ghost
(D major) Drove (A minor) him out of the bunker (G major)
toward a (C major) German host (D major)
Mustard (E minor) gas tore his (C major) lungs apart
(G major) But (E minor) he was driven
by (C major) a hero's heart (G major)
He (A minor) (B minor) told my daddy and
daddy (Csus2) told my son
(D major) How the (A minor) First World War (B minor)
was won (Csus2) (C major) (Csus2) (G major)
On the bodies of a (C major) hundred friend (G major) s
Lay (E minor) broken hearts that victory cannot (C major) mend
(G major) For (A minor) God, for coun (B minor) try,
and for (C major) a tale to tell (D major)
Turned (A minor) their youth (B minor) into
their (C major) time in hell (D major)
Turned (E minor) their youth into their
(C major) time in (G major) hell (E minor) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
(C major) (D major)
My (E minor) father played the Paci (C major) fic state
(G major) On (E minor) the tide of his (C major) nation's rate (G major)
Struck (A minor) by a call to arms by (C major) infamy
(D major) Got (A minor) the job done,
came (C major) home and made (D major) me
Nev (E minor) er spoke about it when (C major) I asked (G major)
But (E minor) mama said he killed more
than granddaddy (C major) (G major) had
They (A minor) hardly slept through any given (C major) night
(D major) Without dream (A minor) ing about (B minor) the sight (C major)
Of (G major) the bodies of a (C major) hundred friend (G major) s
Of (E minor) broken hearts that
victory can (C major) not mend (G major)
For (A minor) God, for (B minor) country, for (C major) tale to tell
(D major) Turn (A minor) their youth (B minor) into their (C major) time in (D major) hell
Turn (E minor) their youth into their (C major) time
in (G major) hell (E minor) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
(C major) (D major)
I've (E minor) been a fighter since I (C major) was a child (G major)
My (E minor) fists hard and my (C major) spirit wild
(G major) My (A minor) war came in a (C major) different way
(D major) I didn't (A minor) want to go and
I just (C major) couldn't stay
(D major) While (E minor) up in Winnipeg
I had to (C major) change my name
(G major) My (E minor) daddy swore he'd
never say my (C major) name again (G major)
A (A minor) hero's son of a her (C major) o's son
(D major) Turned (A minor) away and was forgot (C major) ten
Among (G major) the bodies of a (C major) hundred men (G major)
A (E minor) broken heart's a
victory can (C major) not mend
(G major) Forgot (A minor) the (B minor) country for a (C major) tale to (D major) tell
Turned (A minor) our youth (B minor) into our time (C major) in hell
(D major) Turned (E minor) my youth into my (C major) time in hell (G major) (E minor) (C major)
(G major) When mama (D major) fought her
war in that cancer ward
I came home (C major) to hold her hand
My (D major) father opened up
that big front door
Hugged my wife (C major) and my son, Dan
(D major) Took me in his arms
As if I were the (A minor) boy I was before
(E minor) (C major) The night my mama died
We made a prom (D major) ise
We swore
(G major) On the bodies of a (C major) hundred friend (G major) s
Inside (E minor) the differences you (C major) try to mend (G major)
For (A minor) God, for (B minor) country, for (C major) mama as well (D major)
To (A minor) leave the time be (B minor) hind as our (C major) time in hell (D major)
To (E minor) leave it all behind as our
(C major) time in (G major) hell (C major) (G major) (E minor)
(C major)
(G major) For God, (A minor) for (B minor) country, for (C major) tale to (D major) tell
To (A minor) leave the past be (B minor) hind
as our (C major) time in (D major) hell
And (E minor) leave it all behind as I (C major) drive in (G major) hell
(E minor) (C major) (G major)
Hero's Son
Rees Shad
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