Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Intro:
E minorEm C majorC
E minorEm C majorC
🎸 Verse:
E minorEm
Take the children
C majorC
March them off to war
E minorEm
Only numbered
C majorC
To count down the final score
E minorEm
Lay in waiting
C majorC
For the end to come
E minorEm
And their only chance
C majorC BB
Is loaded in their gun
🎸 Chorus:
E minorEm DbDb BB
They're riding on the wings (the wings), the wings of destiny
E minorEm DbDb A minorAm
Riding on the wings (the wings), from so far below
E minorEm DbDb BB
Riding on the wings (the wings), the wings of destiny
E minorEm DbDb A minorAm BB
Riding on the wings (the wings), that carry their souls
🎸 Verse 2:
E minorEm
In battle daybreak
C majorC
The field is grey and bare
E minorEm
They feel the presence
C majorC BB
Of death that's in the air
🎸 Chorus 2:
E minorEm DbDb BB
They're riding on the wings (the wings), the wings of destiny
E minorEm DbDb A minorAm
Riding on the wings (the wings), from so far below
E minorEm DbDb BB
Riding on the wings (the wings), the wings of destiny
E minorEm DbDb A minorAm B minorBm
Riding on the wings (the wings), that carry their souls
🎸 Solo:
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA BB
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
🎸 Verse 2:
E minorEm
Take the children
C majorC
March them off to war
E minorEm
Only numbered
C majorC
To count down the final score
E minorEm
In the trenches
C majorC
A augmentedA battle to begin
E minorEm
And they're waiting
C majorC BB
To ride the wings again
🎸 Chorus 3:
E minorEm DbDb BB
They're riding on the wings (the wings), the wings of destiny
E minorEm DbDb A minorAm
Riding on the wings (the wings), from so far below
E minorEm DbDb BB
Riding on the wings (the wings), the wings of destiny
E minorEm DbDb A minorAm
Riding on the wings (the wings), that carry their souls
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Riding on the wings
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm
Riding on the wings
E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
Riding on the wings
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
Oh, of destiny