Battlefield chords by Blind Guardian

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

Key: C minorCm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G/BG/B D MajorD x2


Verse 1:
  A minorAm
It cannot be seen
      A minorAm
But there's blood on the green
   A minorAm
Only god knows I'm innocent
C majorC    G+G    A minorAm
Take me, take me home
 A minorAm
A augmentedA dark seed reigns in me
A minorAm
Like the storm rules over the sea
A minorAm            C majorC     G+G    A minorAm
I challenge thee, do not cross this bridge alone

   A minorAm
Don't dare me now
G+G        D MajorD         A minorAm G+G FF
The threatening shadows will pass by
        A minorAm
They're getting closer now
G+G     D MajorD
Open your eyes
        A minorAm
Wake up my dear young friend
  G+G     FF  G+G A minorAm
And hate shall fade away

A minorAm        C majorC D MajorD C majorC D MajorD
I will not move, yet
A minorAm         G+G A minorAm G+G A minorAm
I'll stand still, instead


Pre-Chorus 1:
FF      AbAb       C majorC
There on the battlefield he stands
      A minorAm        FF
Down on the battlefield he's lost
      AbAb       C majorC
And on the battlefield it ends

Chorus 1:
C majorC    AbAb     C majorC
War and anger shall reign
       FF
The clash of iron can be heard
  C majorC        AbAb    G+G
By blindness you're driven insane
            C majorC
I'm lost in anguish and grief
C majorC      AbAb      C majorC
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
      FF      C majorC
A augmentedA shattered body deeply hurt
  C majorC       AbAb    G+G
And darkness will cover the light
       G+G             C minorCm
It's gone forevermore (it's gone forevermore)


Interlude:
C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb x3


Verse 2:
  C minorCm
The field's been left in sorrow
Bb majorBb C minorCm
The father and the son they're gone
Bb majorBb C minorCm     G minorGm
The sun shines bright
  DmDm  Bb majorBb
And anger rises
C minorCm    G minorGm
Lorn and lonely
DmDm  Bb majorBb
Torn apart
C minorCm    G minorGm
Don't you think
   DmDm   C minorCm  Bb majorBb
It's time to stop now
C minorCm   G minorGm     AbmAbm             C minorCm
We were charmed and fooled by the old serpent's kiss

   Bb majorBb
Let's pray
   Eb MajorEb       F minorFm
That heaven's on our side
    AbAb      Eb MajorEb
Through violence and horror
   Bb majorBb   C minorCm AbAb
Shall honour arise

     Eb MajorEb
So let's pray
  Bb majorBb          C minorCm
And blessed shall be our leader
  AbAb     Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
We follow the noble and bright

C minorCm        Bb majorBb C minorCm  Bb majorBb C minorCm
Don't you hear me crying (crying)
C minorCm               Bb majorBb C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm
Come take me away I hallow thy name


Pre-Chorus 2:
AbAb      CbCb       Eb MajorEb
There on the battlefield he stands
      C minorCm        AbAb
Down on the battlefield he's lost
      CbCb       Eb MajorEb
And on the battlefield it ends


Chorus 2:
C majorC    AbAb     C majorC
War and anger shall reign
       FF
The clash of iron can be heard
  C majorC        AbAb    G+G
By blindness you're driven insane
            C majorC
I'm lost in anguish and grief
C majorC      AbAb      C majorC
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
      FF      C majorC
A augmentedA shattered body deeply hurt
  C majorC       AbAb    G+G
And darkness will cover the light
       G+G             C minorCm
It's gone forevermore (it's gone forevermore)


Bridge Part 1:
C minorCm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb AbAb F minorFm
C minorCm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb

C minorCm Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb AbAb F minorFm
C minorCm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb AbAb

EbmEbm CbCb x2

CbCb CdimCdim DbDb


Bridge Part 2:
EbmEbm
That's what minstrel sing
EbmEbm
Join in the horrible screams
EbmEbm
Take part in murderous deeds
GbGb       DbDb
Renowned be the lion-hearted
EbmEbm
Join in the minstrelsy
EbmEbm
Wailing in endless grief
EbmEbm
It eagerly longs for more
GbGb      DbDb
Broken bodies lay down on the ground


Bridge Part 3:
C minorCm            AbAb  Bb majorBb
Blood sheds all over the place
  C minorCm            AbAb Bb majorBb
The green will be stained forever
  C minorCm            AbAb  Bb majorBb
And hate reigns all over the field
   C minorCm          AbAb  Bb majorBb
They keep struggling on in anger

AbAb     Bb majorBb
Fiercely intense
  Eb MajorEb            AbAb
Outrageous, too blind to see
  Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb   AbAb   AbAb
And in pain they keep on singing
       Bb majorBb      C minorCm   AbAb
We claim the land for the highlord
       Bb majorBb      C minorCm AbAb
God bless the land and our highlord


Chorus 3:
C majorC    AbAb     C majorC
War and anger shall reign
       FF
The clash of iron can be heard
  C majorC        AbAb    G+G
By blindness you're driven insane
            C majorC
I'm lost in anguish and grief
C majorC      AbAb      C majorC
Sorrow won't wane 'til you die
      FF      C majorC
A augmentedA shattered body deeply hurt
  C majorC       AbAb    G+G
And darkness will cover the light
       G+G             C minorCm
It's gone forevermore (it's gone forevermore)


Outro:
C minorCm Bb majorBb C minorCm G minorGm AbAb Bb majorBb F minorFm x2

C minorCm Bb majorBb AbAb G minorGm x4

C minorCm