Breaking Of The Sword chords by Loreena Mckennitt

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

"Breaking Of The Sword" by Loreena McKennit


C majorC     FF    G MajorG    C majorC    FF    C majorC    FF     G MajorG    C majorC

Verse 1:
C majorC                     FF                     G MajorG
On a sunny April morning
C majorC               FF           G MajorG
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 MajorG
As a boy, you knew the stables
C majorC                                       FF
As a lad, you knew the fields
G MajorG               C majorC           FF         G MajorG
My son, you worked beside me
A minorAm              FF               G MajorG
But to country, you must yield


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

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Verse 4:
C majorC                               FF
When I stood there at the station
C majorC                       FF           G MajorG
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 MajorG
That the country's truly free?
A minorAm                                FF
You gave your life for all of us
A minorAm              G MajorG
And all humanity
C majorC   FF    C majorC    FF    G MajorG   C majorC   G MajorG   A minorAm   G MajorG   C majorC  A minorAm
C majorC   A minorAm    G MajorG   C majorC   G MajorG   A minorAm   G MajorG    A minorAm    G MajorG   A minorAm
G MajorG   C majorC


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


Refrain:
C majorC                       A minorAm              G MajorG
You were called to serve the country
G MajorG                       C majorC             G MajorG
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 MajorG   C majorC   A minorAm     C majorC   A minorAm   C majorC   A minorAm    C majorC
A minorAm   C majorC   G MajorG   A minorAm   C majorC    A minorAm   FF   G MajorG

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