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The Longest Day

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Standard Tuning EADGBe
This is an acoustic singer/songwriter version of the epic track.
Chords in parenthesis are optional.
They follow the vocal melody but arent in the studio version.
Intro: Galloping Em
E ------------------------------|
B -----------------------3------|
G ----4p2h4----4----5-------5---|
D -----------2---2----2---------|
A ------------------------------|
E -0----------------------------|
E ---------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------|
G ----4p2h4----4-----5-----2--2h4--|
D -----------2----2-----2----------|
A ---------------------------------|
E -0-------------------------------|
E ------------------------------|
B -----------------------3------|
G ----4p2h4----4----5-------5---|
D -----------2---2----2---------|
A ------------------------------|
E -0----------------------------|
E -----------------------|
B -----------------------|
G ----4p2h4----4-----4---|
D -----------2-----2-----|
A -----------------------|
E -0---------------------|
Verse 1:
EmIn the gloom the gathering sCtorm abDates in Emthe ships gimlet eCyes awDait
EmThe call to arms to hammer aCt the gDates to Emblow them wide throw eCvil to Dits fate
BmAll summer long the drills to bGuild thAe machinBme to turn men from fGlesh and Ablood to steel
BmFrom paper soldiers to bodieGs on thAe beach Bmfrom summer sands to GArmageAddon's reach
EmOverlord your master not Cyour goDd the eEmnemy coast dawning CGrey wDith sEmcud
EmThese wretched souls pukin sChakin fDear to Emtake a bullet for those Cwho seDnt them here
BmThe world's alight the clGiffs erAupt in fBmlame no escape reGmorselAess shrapnel rains
BmDrowning men no chance for a wGarrioAr's fate Bma choking death entGer helAl's gate
Pre-Chorus 1:
EmSliding we Cgo, only Gfear on our Dside
To the Emedge of the wCire and we rGush with the Dtide
Oh the Emwater is Cred with the blGood of the Ddead
But EmI'm still aClive pray to Ggod I surDvive
Chorus 1:
CHow lEmong on this Dlongest Emday til we fiCnally Emmake it Dthrough?
CHow lEmong on this Dlongest Emday til we fiCnally Emmake it Dthrough?
Verse 2:
EmThe rising dead faces bloCated toDrn they Emare relieved the lCiving Dwait their turn
EmYour numbers up the bullets Cgot yDour namEme you still go on to heCll and Dback again
BmValhalla waits Valkyries rGise and Afall thBme warrior tombs lie Gopen fAor us all
BmA ghostly hand reaches throuGgh the Aveil bloBmod and sand we Gwill pArevail
Pre-Chorus 2:
EmSliding we Cgo, only Gfear on our Dside
To the Emedge of the wCire and we rGush with the Dtide
Oh the Emwater is Cred with the blGood of the Ddead
But EmI'm still aClive pray to Ggod I surDvive
Chorus 2:
CHow lEmong on this Dlongest Emday til we fiCnally Emmake it Dthrough?
CHow lEmong on this Dlongest Emday til we fiCnally Emmake it Dthrough?
CHow lEmong on this Dlongest Emday til we fiCnally Emmake it Dthrough?
CHow lEmong on this Dlongest Emday til we fiCnally Emmake it Dthrough?
(till fade)
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