Breaking Of The Sword chords by Loreena Mckennitt

Chords with lyrics

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

"Breaking Of The Sword" by Loreena McKennit


C majorC   FF  G+G  C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF   G+G  C majorC

Verse 1:
C majorC           FF           G+G
On a sunny April morning
C majorC        FF      G+G
My dear son, you were born
C majorC                A minorAm
Until one day you were called away
A minorAm               C majorC
And from my heart was torn

Verse 2:
C majorC                G+G
As a boy, you knew the stables
C majorC                    FF
As a lad, you knew the fields
G+G        C majorC      FF     G+G
My son, you worked beside me
A minorAm       FF        G+G
But to country, you must yield

Refrain:
A minorAm               C majorC    G+G
You were called to serve the country
A minorAm               C majorC    G+G
You were called to serve the king
G+G        A minorAm           FF
And from our home, you left one day
A minorAm       C majorC     G+G
And of this, today I sing
A minorAm   FF   G+G   C majorC  G+G  C majorC   FF  G+G  A minorAm
G+G   C majorC

Verse 4:
C majorC                FF
When I stood there at the station
C majorC            FF      G+G
And our eyes, one last time met
C majorC          A minorAm     C majorC
It was at that moment, my dear son
A minorAm           C majorC
'Tis that I'll ne'er forget

Verse 5:
C majorC            FF
Is it now a mother's blessing
C majorC              G+G
That the country's truly free?
A minorAm                FF
You gave your life for all of us
A minorAm       G+G
And all humanity
C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF  G+G  C majorC  G+G  A minorAm  G+G  C majorC A minorAm
C majorC  A minorAm  G+G  C majorC  G+G  A minorAm  G+G  A minorAm  G+G  A minorAm
G+G  C majorC

Verse 6:
C majorC                G+G
As I stand here at your graveside
C majorC        FF         G+G
The spring birds sing their song
C majorC                A minorAm
My child, I love you more and more
A minorAm       G+G        C majorC
And will my whole life long

Refrain:
C majorC            A minorAm       G+G
You were called to serve the country
G+G            C majorC       G+G
You were called to serve the king
A minorAm           FF
And from our home, you left one day
FF            C majorC
And of this, today we sing

C majorC  FF  G+G  C majorC  A minorAm   C majorC  A minorAm  C majorC  A minorAm  C majorC
A minorAm  C majorC  G+G  A minorAm  C majorC  A minorAm  FF  G+G

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