The Crest
The Crest

The Crest easy guitar chords by The Men They Couldn't Hang

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • C

  • Gsus4

  • F

  • Am

  • D

  • Em

  • G

  • C

  • Gsus4

  • F

  • Am

  • D

  • Em

    • Intro 1



    I've 
    Verse 1
    nothing 
    left 
    to give 
    you, 

    but 
    for 
    one 
    last 
    thing 
    I've saved 

    In the 
    comer 
    of 
    the cellar 
    look 

    inside 
    the 
    iron 
    chest 

    Bearing 
    seven 
    silver 
    medals 
    there 
    lies 

    wrapped 
    a wooden 
    crest 

    >From the 
    father 
    to 
    the son 

    Like a 
    bullet 
    from 
    a 
    gun 

    Seven 
    silver 
    crosses 
    hammered 
    on 
    a 
    wooden 

    one 


    The name 
    on 
    the last 
    medal 
    is 

    a man 
    I 
    never 
    knew 

    Though 
    I 
    bore 
    his 
    name 
    and 
    nature 

    and 
    his 
    con
    science 
    as 
    I 
    grew 

    When 
    they shipped 
    him 
    back 
    from 

    Passchendaele 
    it was 
    raining 
    in 
    his 
    head 

    Not 
    caused by 
    any 
    bullet 
    but 

    by the faces 
    of 
    the 
    dead 

    >From the 
    father 
    to 
    the son 

    Like 
    a bullet 
    from 
    a 
    gun 

    Seven 
    silver 
    crosses 
    hammered 

    on 
    a 
    wooden 
    one 

    When 


    the 
    boys 
    came 
    home 
    from 
    Dunkirk 
    Beach, 

    the 
    crest 
    came 
    down 
    to me 

    And 
    I 
    served 
    as 
    stretcher 

    bearer 
    up 
    the back 
    of 
    Italy 

    But 
    I 
    did
    n't 
    slow 
    a 
    bul
    let 

    or 
    blow 
    any 
    flesh 
    apart 

    My 
    medal 
    was 
    a red 
    cross 
    that 
    was strapped 

    across 
    my 
    heart 


    >From the 
    father 
    to 
    the son 

    Like a 
    bullet 
    from 
    a 
    gun 

    Seven 
    silver 
    crosses 
    hammered 
    on 
    a wooden 
    one 





    Many 
    decades 
    later 
    I 
    have 
    seen 

    the bounty 
    drop 

    We scattered 
    those 
    generations 
    now 

    we 
    reap 
    a 
    ruined 
    crop 

    The brain
    s, the 
    brawn, 

    the 
    beauty 
    each 
    in turn 
    were sacrificed 

    And 
    marked 
    up 
    with 
    a plain 
    cross 
    like 

    the suf
    fering 
    Jesus 
    Christ 

    >From the 
    father 
    to 
    the son 

    Like a 
    bullet 
    from 
    a 
    gun 

    Seven 
    silver 
    crosses 
    hammered 

    on 
    a 
    wooden 
    one 

    >From the 
    father 
    to 
    the son 

    Like a 
    bullet 
    from 
    a 
    gun 

    Seven 
    silver 
    crosses 

    hammered 
    on 
    a 
    wooden 
    one 

    I 
    wish 
    that 
    I 
    could 
    give 
    you something 

    fine 
    and 
    something 
    proud 

    A 
    history 
    of 
    stuggle to 

    eman
    cipate 
    the crowd 

    But 
    all 
    I 
    give's 
    a 
    blessing 
    take 

    the shield 
    down 
    to 
    the sea 

    Sacrifice 
    tra
    dition 
    and save 
    your 

    family 


    >From the 
    father 
    to 
    the son 

    Like a 
    bullet 
    from 
    a gun 

    Seven 
    silver 
    crosses 
    hammered 

    on 
    a 
    wooden 
    one 

    (Repeat) 

    Outro 1


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