Battle Hymns chords by The Nightwatchman

Chords with lyrics

Capo 3rd Fret (chords not lined up perfectly)

D MajorD minor FF
Battle hymns for the broken
BB flat A augmentedA minor
Battle hymns for the misled
C majorC A augmentedA
Battle hymns for the wretched
D MajorD minor
The forgotten and the dead
D MajorD minor FF
Battle hymns of redemption
BB flat A augmentedA minor
Of solidarity and pride
C majorC A augmentedA
Battle hymns we will be singing
D MajorD minor
At the turning of the tide

D MajorD minor FF C majorC

D MajorD minor
Can you explain to the mothers
FF
And the fathers of those
C majorC
Who come riding home in coffins
D MajorD minor
In their military clothes
D MajorD minor
Shiny medals pinned
FF
To their dead teenage chests
C majorC
While the trumpets blare
D MajorD minor
And you lie your best
D MajorD minor
So ask all you want
FF
From the dusk til the dawn
C majorC
The answer's still no
D MajorD minor
Cause brother I'm gone
D MajorD minor FF
Battle hymns for the broken
BB flat A augmentedA minor
Battle hymns for the misled
C majorC A augmentedA
Battle hymns for the wretched
D MajorD minor
The forgotten and the dead
D MajorD minor FF
Battle hymns of redemption
BB flat A augmentedA minor
Of solidarity and pride
C majorC A augmentedA
Battle hymns we will be singing
D MajorD minor
At the turning of the tide
FF C majorC A augmentedA
Can you explain away the sleight of hand
A augmentedA minor
And the criminality
C majorC
Of spending souls for oil
D MajorD minor
Well in the mirror I can see
D MajorD minor
I am the path that leads down
FF
I am a dark and bloody hall
C majorC
I'm the reaper, executioner
D MajorD minor
Hangman, judge, and the law
D MajorD minor
So tie a yellow ribbon
FF
Round the oak tree on the lawn
C majorC
But the cavalry's not comin'
D MajorD minor
Cause brother they're gone
D MajorD minor FF
Battle hymns for the broken
BB flat A augmentedA minor
Battle hymns for the misled
C majorC A augmentedA
Battle hymns for the wretched
D MajorD minor
The forgotten and the dead
D MajorD minor FF
Battle hymns of redemption
BB flat A augmentedA minor
Of solidarity and pride
C majorC A augmentedA
Battle hymns we will be singing
D MajorD minor
At the turning of the tide
FF C majorC A augmentedA
So I'm sharpening my shovel
A augmentedA minor
I'm firing the kiln
C majorC
I'm blind and I am purposeful
D MajorD minor
A augmentedA martyr on the hill
D MajorD minor
The dream you might be dreaming
FF
Might be someone else's dream tonight
C majorC
I'm the whisperer of misgivings
D MajorD minor
I'm the fading tail light
D MajorD minor
I'm the call for retribution
FF
From the back of the smoke filled hall
C majorC
I'm the vow of bitterness
D MajorD minor
I'm the poison in the well
D MajorD minor
I've a photographic memory
FF
Of the deeds I will avenge
C majorC
I'm the cold in the river hollow
D MajorD minor
I've a hatpin, I've a plan
D MajorD minor
I don't care of cause or consequence
FF
Head shaved and body lean
C majorC
I'm the go getter, the score settler
D MajorD minor
I'm the shadow on the green
D MajorD minor
There's a flock of blackbirds flying
FF
Nearly ten thousand strong
C majorC
Who set off this morning
D MajorD minor
And brother they're gone
D MajorD minor FF
Battle hymns for the broken
BB flat A augmentedA minor
Battle hymns for the misled
C majorC A augmentedA
Battle hymns for the wretched
D MajorD minor
The forgotten, for the dead
D MajorD minor FF
Battle hymns of redemption
C majorC A augmentedA
Of solidarity and pride
D MajorD minor
Battle hymns we will be singing
D MajorD minor
At the turning of the tide