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