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Achilles Chords by The Divine Comedy

Achilles chords by The Divine Comedy

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Verse
Em
 I saw a man this morning
G
 Standing on a foreign shore
Bm
 From his eyes tears were falling
Em                            A7
 As he made ready for war
Em
 He shouted out a warning;
G
 You slew my sweetest friend
Bm
 And as sure as day is dawning
Em                       A7
 His death will be avenged
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Chorus
Dm                    Bb
Was it so hard to die, Achilles
C                     A7
So very hard to die?
Dm                           Bb
You know and I know not, Achilles
Gm                         C
So much the happier I
Dm                                 Bb
You breached the walls of Troy, Achilles
 C                               A7
Slaughtered a thousand men
Bb                  Gm
Patroclus is destroyed, Achilles
Em7b5     A7              Dm
 And can't come back again
Bb C  A7 GmBb C  A7 Em



Verse
Em
 I saw a man this morning
G
 Trudging through a muddy field
Bm
 From the sky a shell was falling
Em                                           A7
 With his name scratched in the steel
Em
 Lend him your shield, Achilles
G
 Ask the gods to be his guide
Bm
 All he has is A Shropshire Lad
Em                                   A7
 With this poem scrawled inside


Chorus
Dm                    Bb
Was it so hard to die, Achilles
C                     A7
So very hard to die?
Dm                           Bb
You know and I know not, Achilles
Gm                         C
So much the happier I
Dm                      Bb
Look to the starry skies, Achilles
C                       A7
Look to the silver seas
Bb                       Gm
They Do not live or die, Achilles
Em7b5 A7          Dm
 And  neither Do we
 Gm
I saw a man this morning
C                            Am
 He was turning fifty-three
Dm                                    Bb
 And his pampered mind was turning
Gm                           C
 To thoughts of mortality
Dm                     Bb
 One day I will be nothing
C                                    Am
 Think how funny that will feel


Outro
Bb       Gm
 For we, the living
Em7b5    A7             Dm
 Death is the Achilles heel
Bb C  A7 Gm Bb C  A7 Em

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