Chain Of Command chords by Chris De Burgh

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:
G+G   D MajorD  A minorAm  E minorEm  C majorC     D MajorD   E minorEm
Here lies poor John, John from Aberdeen,
  G+G    D MajorD    A minorAm    E minorEm
He gave his life for King and Country,
C majorC  D MajorD   E minorEm
Only seventeen;

E minorEm


🎸 Verse 1:
      E minorEm             D MajorD          E minorEm
Well the Generals sat down with their Port and a bottle of wine,
      G+G         D MajorD
"We have a problem here right now,
             E minorEm
And we're running out of time,
    C majorC            G+G          C majorC
This madman of a Leader keeps changing our battle plans,
     G+G       D MajorD    C majorC      D MajorD      E minorEm
And the King said he wants no more of this troublesome man";

🎸 Verse 2:
     E minorEm            D MajorD
So they called for the Captain and told him,
      E minorEm       G+G
"We need a volunteer; our Leader is a traitor,
    D MajorD         E minorEm
And he must be gone from here;
  C majorC           G+G       C majorC
A augmentedA simple execution, but nothing can be seen."
     G+G    D MajorD    C majorC    D MajorD   G+G
So they gave the job to John from Aberdeen;


🎸 Chorus:
       C majorC  G+G   D MajorD    G+G
And he said, "Oh no, it must be done,
C majorC    G+G        D MajorD     G+G
Justice coming from the barrel of a gun;
C majorC  G+G    D MajorD   E minorEm C majorC
Oh no what can I do, someone has to pull the trigger,
D MajorD             G+G    E minorEm
Blame it on the Chain of Command,
C majorC
I will have to pull the trigger,
 D MajorD              G+G     E minorEm
Blame it on the Chain of Command!"

🎸 Verse 3:
    E minorEm            D MajorD          E minorEm
Right then at the killing poor John was taken by surprise,
     G+G             D MajorD         E minorEm
And they told him in prison "Your story is a pack of lies!"
     C majorC
And the General said in the Courtroom,
     G+G        C majorC
"For this murder you will pay,
      G+G    D MajorD      C majorC    D MajorD    G+G     G minorGm  FF  G minorGm G minorGm  FF
You'll be shot at dawn, do you have anything to say?"


🎸 Bridge:
           G minorGm
And John said "I was only following orders,
    FF        G minorGm
And I knew that it was wrong,
   C minorCm
But what else could I do?
   D MajorD
And now my life has gone."


🎸 Chorus:
C majorC  G+G    D MajorD   G+G
Oh no, what has he done,
  C majorC    G+G      D MajorD      G+G
He killed a man with a bullet from a gun,
C majorC  G+G     D MajorD    E minorEm C majorC
Oh no, what could he do, someone had to pull the trigger,
D MajorD              G+G
Blame it on the Chain of Command;
   C majorC G+G    D MajorD     G+G
Oh Oh Oh no, it has been done,
C majorC    G+G        D MajorD      G+G
Justice coming from the barrel of a gun,
C majorC  G+G    D MajorD    E minorEm
Oh no, what could he do?
C majorC
Someone had to pull the trigger,
D MajorD               G+G  G/F# E minorEm
Blame it on the Chain of Command!
C majorC
Someone had to pull the trigger,
D MajorD               G+G
Blame it on the Chain of Command!"


🎸 Outro:
         G+G
The Chain of Command
         G+G
The Chain of Command
         G+G
The Chain of Command