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The Battle easy guitar chords by 
The Strawbs
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Intro 1
Em
C
Em
C
Em
D
Em
D
C
D
A
Em
A
Em
Am
Em
D
Em
C
In the
Verse 1
Em
early dawn the Bishop's men
D
Em
Shivered in the damp
D
But the shiver came not from the cold
C
And spread throughout
D
the camp
Verse 2
D
A
Em
The trembling horses sensed the fear
A
Em
Of silent thoughtful men
Am
D
Em
Who prayed that wives and families
D
Might see them once again
Em
C
Verse 3
Em
C
The bishops sent
Em
a dawn patrol
D
Em
To investigate the weight
D
Of forces at the King's command
C
D
Ensconced behind the gate
Verse 4
A
Em
The ground mist hid the patrol's approach
A
As they drew close enough
Em
to show
Am
Em
The sentries on the bat tlements
D
And an archer drew his bow
Em
Verse 5
C
Em
From the topmost tower a sentry fell
D
Em
As an arrow pierced his skull
D
And his headlong flight into the moat
C
D
Seemed that of a gull
Verse 6
A
Em
The patrol reported little
A
There was nothing much
Em
to see
Am
Em
But the strong and silent castle
D
Em
C
Em
A symbol of the free
C
The
Verse 7
Am
King's men took communion
Bm
Am
As the first rays of the sun
Bm
Lit up the castle's gloomy walls
C
D
The fatal day begun
Verse 8
A
From the castle green the rooks
Em
took flight
A
Em
To the high trees in the east
Am
Em
To their carrion minds the battlefield
D
Em
C
Em
C
Set a table for a feast
Verse 9
Em
A tide of black, the Bishop's men
D
Em
Equality their right
D
Swarmed like ants across the hill
C
D
Their aim at last in sight
Verse 10
A
Em
The King's men dressed in purest white
A
Em
Were driven back by force
Am
Em
And the fighting grew more vi olent
D
Em
As the battle took its course
C
Em
C
Verse 11
Em
The Bishops gave the order
D
Em
No mercy to be shown
D
The sacrifice will reap rewards
C
When the King is overthrown
D
The
Verse 12
A
Em
sight of children ly ing dead
A
Made hardened soldiers weep
Em
Am
Em
The outer walls began to fall
D
Em
C
Em
They moved towards the keep
C
The
Verse 13
Em
rooks surveyed the battlefield
D
Em
Their hungry beady eyes
D
Reveled in the sight of death
C
D
Showing no surprise
Verse 14
A
Em
The pressure mounted steadily
A
Em
As the Bishops neared the gate
D
And the desperate King
Em
called to his knights
D
Em
C
Em
It's your lives or the State
C
When the
Verse 15
Em
anxious King began to fail
D
Em
As many thought he might
D
The Queen ran screaming round the walls
C
D
And urged the men to fight
Verse 16
A
Em
The Bishop's men were tiring
A
Em
As the afternoon drew late
Am
And the King's men
Em
lowered the drawbridge
D
Em
C
Em
And poured out through the gate
C
They
Verse 17
Em
fought their way across the bridge
D
Em
The men like falling leaves
D
Or ears of corn that fall in swathes
C
D
The vi cious sickle cleaves
Verse 18
A
Em
The tide receded up the hill
A
Em
The waste of reclaimed land
Am
Em
Once decaying swamp became
D
Em
C
Em
A shore of pure white sand
C
A
Verse 19
Em
blinded priest was seen to bless
D
Em
Both dying and the dead
D
As he stumbled around the battlefield
C
D
His cassock running red
Verse 20
A
Em
If uniform were black or white
A
Em
His eyes could never see
Am
Em
And death made no distinction
D
Em
C
Em
Whatever man he be
C
As
Verse 21
darkness fell both
Em
camps withdrew
Dm
Em
Their soldiers slain like cattle
D
Leaving the rooks to feast alone
C
Dm
The victors of the battle
D
At
Verse 22
F#m
Em
evensong both camps reviewed
F#m
Em
Their sad depleted ranks
D
C
As survivors of the battle
Bm
G
A
Gave God their grateful thanks
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