{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1499288,"song":"Crusader","artist":"Chris de Burgh","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11275440-crusader-chords-by-chris-de-burgh/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1499288?type=chord","rating":4.89804,"votes":30,"content":"Intro:\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"What do I do next?\" said the bishop to the priest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe king of heathen Saracen has seized the holy cross,\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the priest said \"Oh my bishop, we must put them to the sword,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor God in all His mercy will find a just reward,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the noblemen and sinners, and knights of ready hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho will be the Lord's Crusader, send word through all the land, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Tell me what to do\", said the king upon his throne,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"but speak to me in whispers for we are not alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey tell me that Jerusalem has fallen to the hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf some bedeviled eastern Heathen who has seized the Holy Land,\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the chamberlain said \"Lord, we must call upon our foes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn Spain and France and Germany to end our bitter wars,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll Christian men must be as one and gather for the fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou will be their leader, begin the battle cry, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOoh, high on a hill, in the town of Jerusalem,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere stood Saladin, the king of the Saracens,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]E7[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhoring and drinking and snoring and sinking, around him his army lay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSecure in the knowledge that he had won the day,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA messenger came, blood on his feet and a wound in his chest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"The Christians are coming!\" he said, \"I have seen their cross in the west,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn a rage Saladin struck him down with his knife,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he said \"I know that this man lies,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey quarrel too much, the Christians could never unite! [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n I am invincible, I am the king,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n I am invincible, and I will win...    I will win,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCloser they came, the army of Richard the Lionheart,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMarching by day and night, with soldiers from every part,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]E7[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when the Crusaders came over the mountain and they saw Jerusalem,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey fell to their knees and prayed for her release,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey started the battle at dawn, taking the city by storm,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith horsemen and bowmen and engines of war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey broke through the city walls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe Heathens were flying and screaming and dying,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the Christian swords were strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd Saladin ran when he heard their victory song, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n We are invincible, God is the king,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n We are invincible, and we will win![/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"What do I do now?\" said the wise man to the fool,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"I have spent my whole life searching, to find the Golden Rule,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough centuries have disappeared, the memory still remains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf those enemies together, could it be that way again?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the fool said \"Oh you wise men, you really make me laugh,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith your talk of vast persuasion and searching through the past,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere is only greed and evil in the men who fight today,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe song of the Crusader has long since gone away, [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJerusalem is lost,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJerusalem.....[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro:\nAm  G  F  F G\nAm  G  F  F G\nAm  G  F  F G\nAm  G  F  Em  A  B7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm  F G Am G Em F Am  F  Am G Em F  Am  F  Am G Em F G C Am\nAm  G  F  F G\nAm  G  F  F G\nAm  G  F  Em  A  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