Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
EE 
AA 
DD 
GG 
BB EE)
"Breaking Of The Sword" by Loreena McKennit
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FF GG CC FF CC FF GG CC
Verse 1:
CC FF GG
On a sunny April morning
CC FF GG
My dear son, you were born
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AmAm
Until one day you were called away
AmAm CC
And from my heart was torn
Verse 2:
CC GG
As a boy, you knew the stables
CC FF
As a lad, you knew the fields
GG CC FF GG
My son, you worked beside me
AmAm FF GG
But to country, you must yield
Refrain:
AmAm CC GG
You were called to serve the country
AmAm CC GG
You were called to serve the king
GG AmAm FF
And from our home, you left one day
AmAm CC GG
And of this, today I sing
AmAm FF GG CC GG CC FF GG AmAm
GG CC
Verse 4:
CC FF
When I stood there at the station
CC FF GG
And our eyes, one last time met
CC AmAm CC
It was at that moment, my dear son
AmAm CC
'Tis that I'll ne'er forget
Verse 5:
CC FF
Is it now a mother's blessing
CC GG
That the country's truly free?
AmAm FF
You gave your life for all of us
AmAm GG
And all humanity
CC FF CC FF GG CC GG AmAm GG CC AmAm
CC AmAm GG CC GG AmAm GG AmAm GG AmAm
GG CC
Verse 6:
CC GG
As I stand here at your graveside
CC FF GG
The spring birds sing their song
CC AmAm
My child, I love you more and more
AmAm GG CC
And will my whole life long
Refrain:
CC AmAm GG
You were called to serve the country
GG CC GG
You were called to serve the king
AmAm FF
And from our home, you left one day
FF CC
And of this, today we sing
CC FF GG CC AmAm CC AmAm CC AmAm CC
AmAm CC GG AmAm CC AmAm FF GG
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