Laid In Blood chords by The Mechanisms

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Em Gmaj7 G D A

Verse 1:
Em     Gmaj7 G  D           A
23 warriors and a King Laid in blood when the battle has done
  Em          Gmaj7 G D           A
The price of a long due reckoning Laid in blood when the battle has done
Em        Gmaj7   G      D       A
Old King Cole has paid the toll Of the crimes levied upon his soul
  Em        Gmaj7     G  D           A
The rebel blades have achieved their goal Laid in blood when the battle has done
  Em          Gmaj7   G      D           A
His mouth hangs open, his eyes are wild With a gaping wound is his chest defiled
   Em             Gmaj7  G   D           A
While round his split throne the dead lie piled Laid in blood when the battle has done

Em Gmaj7 G D A

Verse 2:
Em     Gmaj7  G   D           A
23 warriors and Snow White Laid in blood when the battle has done
Em              Gmaj7  G   D           A
Fought like the devil in the dead of night Laid in blood when the battle has done
 Em          Gmaj7   G  D            A
Believed in peace, yet marched to war Shot through the heart, dead upon the floor
Em             Gmaj7  G  D           A
Covered in her own and her sister's gore Laid in blood when the battle has done
    Em         Gmaj7 G    D            A
With an army to lead and a war to win Put the bullet to dozens of her own kin
 Em            Gmaj7 G  D           A
Atoning for some vast and secret sin Laid in blood when the battle has done

Em Gmaj7 G D A

Verse 3:
Em     Gmaj7  G  D           A
23 warriors and Rose Red Laid in blood when the battle has done
Em             Gmaj7   G  D           A
While outside the door many more lay dead Laid in blood when the battle has done
  Em        Gmaj7 G     D          A
Her body lies in her wife's caress Her face is free of her life's distress
Em           Gmaj7  G   D           A
Wearing the rags of her wedding dress Laid in blood when the battle has done
Em                Gmaj7  G    D            A
Released from her cell, like the wrath of hell The three little pigs to her anger, fell
  Em          Gmaj7  G   D           A
But King Cole sounded her funeral knell Laid in blood when the battle has done

Em Gmaj7 G D A

Verse 4:
Em     Gmaj7  G  D           A
23 warriors gone to rest Laid in blood when the battle has done
Em            Gmaj7     G  D           A
Fought with the worst and died with the best Laid in blood when the battle has done
Em       Gmaj7    G    D            A
Cinders saw her betrothed at last Her beauty untouched by the decades past
   Em           Gmaj7  G  D           A
Then King Cole fired, and it went too fast Laid in blood when the battle has done
     Em            Gmaj7    G  D            A
With the girl to whom through the years she'd sing Dead at the hand of the thrice-damned king
  Em             Gmaj7   G  D           A
She pierced his chest with her blood-red ring Laid in blood when the battle has done

Instrumental:
Em Gmaj7 G D A x5

Outro:
Em
Their bodies are still and their blood is cold The book is closed and the story told
N.C                  D           A
No happy ever after for a tale so old Laid in blood when the battle has done

The End