{"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":2799935,"song":"The Arizona Sword","artist":"Leslie Fish","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11637303-the-arizona-sword-chords-by-leslie-fish/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2799935?type=chord","rating":0.08207,"votes":0,"content":"This is transposed from the original version which is in Gm.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Blacksmith, make a sword for me, such as none did ever see,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor ancient symbols of majesty have power in troubled times[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlacksmith, make me a magic sword,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\none that will make me the valley's lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhom folk will hail with one accord to save them from their crimes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSeeing he would not be deterred, the blacksmith took him at his word[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd pondered long on what he'd heard about this would-be lord.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe pumped the fire and he made his start[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nmelted iron in the fire's heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he named the steel with an older art the Arizona Sword.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe chanted words to the blazing mix,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nof ancient Red Men's and White Men's tricks[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo draw a spirit, and purpose fix in what the blade would feel:[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe iron laws from Nature's hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe ruthless will of the desert land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe freedom no one can command –[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand cast that thought in steel.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when the blacksmith's work was done,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe new sword gleamed like the setting sun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll down the blade did the old runes run, a warning plain to see.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe steel was grained like the finest wood.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA full yard long and more it stood.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe runes read: \"I serve but the good of life and liberty.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNear the hilt, set in copper wire, a phoenix rose up from the pyre.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA copper star within the fire rayed out copper cords.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe grip was like a saguaro made[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat clasped a moon in quartz and jade.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn truth, like to no other blade was the Arizona Sword.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Blacksmith,well have ye served my cause.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis shall aid me to make the laws.  Hmm,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe guards are shaped like cougar's paws;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nin truth, like none I've seen.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe price is steep, but I shall not carp.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe'll sing more praise than a minstrel's harp.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYe gods, that blade is razor-sharp! ...For a symbol, very keen.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"And cheap she'll be if I strike ye dead![/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\" The blacksmith promptly turned and fled.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lordling laughed and shrugged instead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand went out to meet his horde.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe cried out: \"This is the day foretold.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust one hand now this land shall hold,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor in this sign will I rule. Behold, the Arizona Sword.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"No more argument shall we find,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nbut all hereafter shall be inclined[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo just one purpose and just one mind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThus do I mean to do.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow go ye forth, and take the land.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sword heard well his first command.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe lunged and twisted in his hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand fell, and ran him through.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey say the sword vanished clean away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfor none has heard of it since that day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut seek it wisely, and find ye may. Take care, who would be lord.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeware, ye tyrant! Beware, ye fool![/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor who is the master and who the tool?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYe may well serve, but ye shall not rule the Arizona Sword[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Arizona Sword[/tab]","plain_text":"This is transposed from the original version which is in Gm.\n\n[Intro]\n\nAm  Am\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\nG Am C G F   Am C Em E A   Am Em Dm C Em\nAm Em Dm F  G C G   Am C Dm F   C G Am\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Gm","Am","Dm","G","Em","C","D","F","E","A"],"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]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}