{"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":1502781,"song":"The Battle","artist":"Strawbs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11276489-the-battle-chords-by-strawbs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1502781?type=chord","rating":4.49299,"votes":3,"content":"Strawbs - The Battle\r\n \r\n \r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n       [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n       [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n       [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n \r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the early dawn the Bishop's men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShivered in the damp[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut the shiver came not from the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd spread throughout the camp[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe trembling horses sensed the fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf silent thoughtful men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nWho prayed that wives and families[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMight see them once again[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe Bishop sent a dawn patrol[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo investigate the weight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOf forces at the King's command[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEnsconced behind the gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe ground mist hid the patrol's approach[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs they drew close enough to show[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe sentries on the battlements[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd an archer drew his bow[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom the topmost tower a sentry fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs an arrow pierced his skull[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd his headlong flight into the moat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSeemed that of a gull[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe patrol reported little[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was nothing much to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nBut the strong and silent castle[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA symbol of the free[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]        N.C.           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe King's men took communion[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.   [ch]D[/ch]  N.C.           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs the first rays of the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.                [ch]D[/ch]     N.C.\r\nLit up the chapel's gloomy walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe fatal day begun[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nFrom the castle green the rooks took flight[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo the high trees in the east[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nTo their carrion minds the battlefield[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSet a table for a feast[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA tide of black, the Bishop's men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEquality their right[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSwarmed like ants across the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir aim at last in sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe King's men dressed in purest white[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWere driven back by force[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd the fighting grew more violent[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the battle took its course[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe Bishops gave the order[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"No mercy to be shown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe sacrifice will reap rewards [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the King is overthrown\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe sight of children lying dead [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMade hardened soldiers weep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe outer walls began to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey moved towards the keep[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe rooks surveyed the battlefield[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTheir hungry beady eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch] \r\nRevelled in the sight of death[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShowing no surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe pressure mounted steadily [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs the Bishops neared the gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd the desperate King called to his knights[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"It's your lives or the state\"[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen the anxious King began to fail[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs many thought he might[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe Queen ran screaming round the walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd urged the men to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe Bishops' men were tiring[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs the afternoon grew late[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd the King's men lowered the drawbridge[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd poured out through the gate[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey fought their way across the bridge[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe men like falling leaves[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOr ears of corn that fall in swathes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe vicious sickle cleaves[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nThe tide receded up the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe waste of reclaimed land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nOnce decaying swamp became[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA shore of pure white sand[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA blinded priest was seen to bless[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBoth dying and the dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAs he stumbled around the battlefield[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis cassock running red[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nIf uniform were black or white[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis eyes could never see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd death made no distinction[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhatever man he be[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAs darkness fell both camps withdrew[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTheir soldiers slain like cattle[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch] \r\nLeaving the rooks to feast alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe victors of the battle[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAt evensong the camps reviewed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTheir sad depleted ranks[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAs survivors of the battle[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]      \r\nGave god their grateful thanks[/tab]","plain_text":"Strawbs - The Battle\n \n \nINTRO: C Em  C Em\n       Am Em D Em C D C D\n       A Em A Em Am Em D Em\n       C Em C","chords":["C","Em","Am","D","A","F#m","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}