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The Monitor chords by 
Bishop Allen
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Intro 1
C
F
C
F
C
F
G
Verse 1
C
F
Once a great iron works
C
F
Stood at the end of my street
C
And they hauled in The Monitor
F
Fit her with armor
G
For to save the union fleet
Verse 2
C
F
The River James was on fire
C
F
As The Merrimack thundered and raged
C
And she seemed so colossal
F
and so unstoppable
Dm
G
Until the two engaged
Am
And inside the sound
Em
G
A deafening din, round after round,
C
again and again
F
C
F
C
Shattering down, shattering down,
F
shattering down
G
Verse 3
Em
C
The neighborhood's quiet
F
at night
C
F
But sometimes my ears still ring
C
And you think I'd understand
Am
F
That a rock-n-roll band
band
band
G
Doesn't mean a blessed thing
C
Am
F
But I picture the poor crew stunned
C
F
When the cannons did finally subside
C
How they stand on the deck
F
With the sun at their neck
G
And they wonder if they're still alive
Am
And I try to shout
Em
But none of them hear
G
They're moving their mouths
C
But the blood in their ears
F
C
F
C
Is running down, running down,
F
running down
G
Verse 4
C
G
And we're singing la da da da da da
C
And we're singing la da da da
G
da da
Dm
Am
G
And we're singing la da da da da da
C
But what then?
Verse 5
C
F
It's stunning to know I've survived
C
But I'm not sure what
F
I'm fighting for anymore
C
And when I break another string
F
And continue to sing
G
Is that courage? I'm not sure.
C
F
When the ironclads drifted apart
C
F
Still blue and still gray
C
The men shoveled in the coal
F
And worked the pumps in the hull
G
Just like every other day
Am
And none of them knew
Em
Oh, none of them cared
G
How much it just changed right
C
then and right there
F
C
They just carried on,
F
C
F
carried on, carried on
G
Verse 6
C
G
And we're singing la da da da da da
C
G
And we're singing la da da da da da
Dm
Am
G
And we're singing la da da da da da
C
G
But what then?
Verse 7
C
G
And we're singing la da da da da da
C
G
And we're singing la da da da da da
Em
And we're singing
Dm
Am
G
la da da da da da
C
But what then?
Outro 1
C
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