Battalions chords by Brand New

• Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
• Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

This song has previously been known as "Untitled 09" as it was leaked in 2005.

For much of the song only the base guitar plays the root notes of the following chords:

All *  are slides and not chords with different base notes.

Intro:
A* Bm  D   A G    Em
A* Bm  A     G    Em

Verse 1:
A* Bm                 D            A  G     Em
    Please say you'll come along tonight.
A* Bm                 A           G               Em
    Please sing the words we love, don't say that you forgot them.
A* Bm               D              A G         Em
    Don't keep the hand we've come to hold.
A* Bm           A     G            Em
    I know you want to untie this rope and let it go.

Interlude:
A* Bm  D   A G    Em
A* Bm  A     G    Em

Verse 2:
A* Bm               D       A G    Em
   Please pose my skeletal remains.
A* Bm           A          G            Em
   Give them a working pen, and I will live forever.
A* Bm           D                A G      Em
   Please let them love me though I fade.
A* Bm          A      G           Em
   I know you want to, I know you want to,
A* Bm          A            G     Em
   I know you want to run away


Chorus:
D                                                                A
  We're finding our own tonight, my signal spikes when sorrows come.
                        G
They come on battalions.
D                                                          A
  We're burning alone tonight, a little light to keep it on
                  G
Our own battalion.

Interlude:
A* Bm  D   A G    Em
A* Bm  A     G    Em

Verse 3:
A* Bm                D                 A G    Em
  Please keep these sounds from running out
A* Bm              A             G                Em
  Please let our steps fall soft, keep them from hearing our tongue
A* Bm              D               A G     Em
  Please let some hope come with the day
A* Bm          A      G           Em
   I know you want to, I know you want to
A* Bm          A            G     Em
   I know you want to run away


Chorus:
D                                                                A
  We're finding our own tonight, my signal spikes when sorrows come.
                        G
They come on battalions.
D                                                          A
  We're burning alone tonight, a little light to keep it on
                  G
Our own battalion.

Bridge:
Bm              A     Bm              A
And I know you want to, and I know you want to
Bm              A            G  *   Bm
  I know you want to run away

Interlude:
A* Bm  D   A G    Em
A* Bm  A     G    Em


Verse 4:
A* Bm        D              A G     Em
  And so we watch the time we keep
A* Bm               A         * Bm            A
  And you know that I am swift, you know that I am quick
* Bm            D            A G     Em
  You know that I am fast asleep


Chorus:
D                                                                A
  We're finding our own tonight, my signal spikes when sorrows come.
                        G
They come on battalions.
D                                                          A
  We're burning alone tonight, a little light to keep it on
                  G
Our own battalion.


Outro:
Bm              A     Bm              A
And I know you want to, and I know you want to
Bm              A            G           * Bm
  I know you want to run away