The Battle
The Battle

The Battle easy guitar chords by The Strawbs

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  • Intro 1




    In the 
    Verse 1
    early 
    dawn 
    the Bishop's 
    men 

    Shivered 
    in 
    the damp 

    But the shiver 
    came 
    not 
    from the 
    cold 

    And 
    spread 
    throughout 

    the camp 

    Verse 2
    The trembling 
    horses 
    sensed 
    the fear 

    Of 
    si
    lent 
    thoughtful 
    men 

    Who 
    prayed 
    that wives 
    and 
    families 

    Might 
    see 
    them 
    once 
    again 

    Verse 3

    The 
    bishops 
    sent 

    a dawn patrol 

    To invest
    igate 
    the weight 

    Of 
    forces 
    at 
    the King's 
    command 

    En
    sconced 
    behind 
    the gate 

    Verse 4
    The ground 
    mist 
    hid the 
    patrol's 
    approach 

    As 
    they 
    drew close 
    enough 

    to 
    show 

    The sentries 
    on 
    the 
    bat
    tlements 

    And an 
    archer 
    drew 
    his bow 

    Verse 5

    From 
    the topmost 
    tower 
    sentry 
    fell 

    As an 
    arrow 
    pierced 
    his skull 

    And his 
    headlong 
    flight 
    into 
    the moat 

    Seemed 
    that 
    of 
    a gull 

    Verse 6
    The patrol 
    reported 
    little 

    There was 
    nothing 
    much 

    to see 

    But the strong 
    and 
    silent 
    castle 

    A sym
    bol 
    of 
    the 
    free 

    The 
    Verse 7
    King's 
    men 
    took 
    commu
    nion 

    As 
    the first 
    rays 
    of 
    the sun

    Lit 
    up 
    the castle's 
    gloomy 
    walls 

    The fatal 
    day 
    begun

    Verse 8
    From the 
    castle 
    green 
    the rooks 

    took 
    flight 

    To the high 
    trees 
    in 
    the east

    To their 
    carrion 
    minds 
    the 
    battlefield 

    Set a 
    table 
    for 
    feast 

    Verse 9
    A tide 
    of black, 
    the 
    Bishop's 
    men 

    Equal
    ity 
    their 
    right 

    Swarmed 
    like 
    ants 
    across 
    the 
    hill 

    Their 
    aim 
    at last 
    in 
    sight 

    Verse 10
    The King's 
    men 
    dressed 
    in purest 
    white 

    Were 
    driven 
    back 
    by 
    for
    ce 

    And the 
    fighting 
    grew 
    more 
    vi
    olent 

    As the 
    battle 
    took its 
    course 


    Verse 11
    The Bishops 
    gave 
    the order

    No 
    mercy 
    to 
    be shown 

    The 
    sacrifice 
    will 
    reap 
    rewards 

    When 
    the 
    King 
    is 
    overthrown 

    The 
    Verse 12
    sight 
    of 
    children 
    ly
    ing 
    dead 

    Made 
    hardened 
    soldiers 
    weep 

    The 
    outer 
    walls 
    began 
    to 
    fall 

    They 
    moved 
    towards 
    the 
    keep

    The 
    Verse 13
    rooks 
    surveyed 
    the battle
    field 

    Their 
    hungry 
    beady 
    eyes 

    Reveled 
    in 
    the sight 
    of death 

    Showing 
    no sur
    prise 

    Verse 14
    The 
    pressure 
    mounted 
    steadily 

    As the 
    Bishops 
    neared 
    the gate 

    And the 
    des
    perate 
    King 

    called 
    to his 
    knights 

    It's 
    your 
    lives 
    or 
    the 
    State 

    When the 
    Verse 15
    anxious 
    King 
    began to 
    fail 

    As 
    many 
    thought 
    he might 

    The 
    Queen 
    ran screaming 
    round the 
    walls 

    And 
    urged 
    the 
    men 
    to fight

    Verse 16
    The 
    Bishop's 
    men 
    were tiring 

    As 
    the 
    afternoon 
    drew 
    late 

    And 
    the 
    King's 
    men 

    lowered 
    the 
    drawbridge 

    And 
    poured 
    out 
    through 
    the 
    gate 

    They 
    Verse 17
    fought 
    their way 
    across 
    the bridge 

    The 
    men 
    like 
    falling 
    leaves 

    Or 
    ears 
    of corn 
    that fall 
    in 
    swathes 

    The 
    vi
    cious 
    sickle 
    cleaves 

    Verse 18
    The 
    tide 
    receded 
    up 
    the hill 

    The 
    waste 
    of reclaimed 
    land 

    Once 
    decaying 
    swamp 
    became 

    A shore 
    of 
    pure 
    white 
    sand 

    Verse 19
    blinded 
    priest 
    was 
    seen to 
    bless 

    Both 
    dying 
    and 
    the dead 

    As he stumbled 
    around 
    the battle
    field 

    His 
    cassock 
    running 
    red 

    Verse 20
    If uni
    form 
    were black 
    or white 

    His 
    eyes 
    could 
    never 
    see 

    And 
    death 
    made 
    no 
    distinc
    tion 

    Whatever 
    man 
    he 
    be 

    As 
    Verse 21
    darkness 
    fell 
    both 

    camps 
    withdrew 

    Their sol
    diers 
    slain 
    like 
    cattle 

    Leaving 
    the 
    rooks 
    to feast 
    alone 

    The 
    victors 
    of 
    the battle 

    At 
    Verse 22
    evensong 
    both 
    camps 
    reviewed 

    Their 
    sad 
    depleted 
    ranks 

    As 
    sur
    vivors 
    of 
    the 
    battle 

    Gave 
    God 
    their 
    grate
    ful 
    thanks 


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