Key: B minor•
Intro 1
Bm
G
D
A
D
A
Bm
G
D
A
D
Verse 1
D
A
He said, "I am not fighting
D
A
for you any more"
D
A
And slowly she let him inside.
Verse 2
D
Bm
He said, "I've watched your
D
A
And I've wondered who's the
D
A
woman for whom we all kill
D
A
D
Only first I am asking you why."
Verse 3
Esus4
E
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
D
A
She asked him there to sit down.
D
Verse 4
D
A
But I've seen more battles lost
D
A
than I have battles won
B
Bm
And I've got this intuition,
D
A
D
And now will you tell me why?"
Verse 5
D
A
She said, "You won't understand,
D
A
and you may as well not try"
D
A
D
But she closed herself up like a fan.
Verse 6
E
Esus4
E
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
Bm
G
He laid his hand then on top of her head
D
A
D
G
And he bowed her down to the ground.
D
Interlude 1
Esus4
E
Em
Bm
G
D
A
D
Verse 7
D
A
As you are living here alone,
D
A
and you are never revealed
B
Bm
But I won't march again
D
A
D
And he took her to the window to see.
Verse 8
D
A
And she wanted more than
D
A
she ever could say
B
Bm
But she knew how it frightened her,
D
A
And would not look at his
Verse 9
G
And he said,
Esus4
E
To get all I deserve and to
A
D
your ways are very strange."
Verse 10
A
D
A
ashamed of the way her heart ached
D
A
D
She would only be a moment inside.
Verse 11
D
A
And the soldier was killed,
D
A
still waiting for her word
D
A
D
A
The battle continued on.
Outro 1
G
D
E
Esus4
E
Em
Bm
G
D
A
D
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