Chords with lyrics
| D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G | D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G | D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G | D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 | A augmentedA |
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G B minorBm
Elizabeth that thundercloud is creeping up the Empire Hill
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G
There's shadows on the over-pass
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G
And puddles in the old dirt path
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G B minorBm
Peoria lay silent still in the belly of the overgrown
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G
All quiet on the open plain
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G
Footprints to the family plot
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Where evermore will restless sorrow sleep in a broken heap
(F#F# G+G A augmentedA)
G+G G+G
Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang
D MajorD G+G
Shooting all the sky full of holes
D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Twenty-one times in a row
B minorBm G+G
For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat
A augmentedA | D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G |
On the green grass down below
| D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G | D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G | D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 | A augmentedA |
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G B minorBm
Elizabeth our fathers came and settled where the ground was flat
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G
Drew water from the Indian wells
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G
Cut timber from the rolling fells
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G B minorBm
Grandaddy-o bled hearth and home for oiling the comp'ny gears
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G
No rest for the errant ones
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G
Godspeed their a-reckless sons
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Who evermore play their forefathers' hands on the foreign sands
(F#F# G+G A augmentedA)
G+G G+G
Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang
D MajorD G+G
Shooting all the sky full of holes
D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Twenty-one times in a row
B minorBm G+G
For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat
A augmentedA B minorBm
On the green grass down below
E minorEm G+G A augmentedA
Cemetery guns go bang, bang, bang
D MajorD G+G
Shooting all the sky full of holes
D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G
Twenty-one times in a row
B minorBm G+G
For the blue war widow in the gray raincoat
A augmentedA | D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G |
On the green grass down below
| D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G | D MajorD A augmentedA | G+G | D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 | A2 |
F# minorF#m in the verse is essentially a walk up from the E minorEm chord to the G+G chord. It can